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Wondering how to put the theory into practice?
Needing some help with a specific kind of riding?
Looking for an overview of real road riding?
Wonder, need or look no more because...
"Tarmac Tactics"
is available on CDROM
 "Tarmac Tactics" is an e-book written by a qualified riding instructor, drawing on a
former life as a motorcycle courier with half a million miles of riding time around the south of the UK.
It takes a practical line to filling out the theory, and is full of tips on how to stay safe on today's roads. You'll find yourself aware of dangers you never knew existed AND what to do about them.
Looking at particular areas of riding such as bends and urban roads, particular problems such as ice, fog and road surfaces, and addressing issues that you may not have first hand experience
of like riding on the continent, with plenty of photos and diagrams, it's an absorbing and easy read for anyone looking to get more from their riding.
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v2.0 AVAILABLE NOW
A new way to look at riding
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The CDROM is based directly on over a quarter of a century of practical riding experience, and will allow you to fully translate advanced training skills
you've gained from any training scheme into safer riding.
"Tarmac Tactics" has had a major rewrite over the winter, with reorganised and clarified text across the whole presentation, and the addition of several
new sections. Version 2.0 is available now!
FAQs - questions about the e-books
Are these e-books suitable for a newly qualified rider?
They'd be perfectly suited - although they cover "advanced" technique, in reality all riding skills are a continuum anyway, so the e-books allow you to
build on what you already know rather than approach advanced riding from the much repeated but totally incorrect "forget what you learned to pass the
test and do something completely different" stance.
Are they suitable for a rider with advanced qualifications?
Definitely. Not least because they'll make you think about what you have learned, they will almost certainly cover some issues like rider psychology that
you didn't look at on your training, and hopefully will make you look at riding in a different light.
Don't they cover the same stuff?
No.
"Course Notes" is a developmental training program, which looks at the key skills you need on a bike and shows you how to improve them.
"Tarmac Tactics" is more 'situational', in that it looks at a wide range of scenarios that a rider might find themselves in, offers an overview of the
threats they pose and suggestions on how to stay out of trouble.
There's naturally some overlap, but the content is very different.
Cornering is covered in xxx - what's different in your e-books?
Quite simply, the 'Point and Squirt' technique that I've been using since the very early 90s. It's true it's not completely new (it's hard to find a "new" way
to ride round a bend!), but what it does do is pull together the best techniques from a variety of different sources and work them into a system not just for
riding bends, but by linking the straights between bends in, gives you a system for riding COMPLEXES of corners!
The e-books also look at the psychology of learning, and also how the brain functions in recognising and deciding what to do about hazards. Armed with
that knowledge, the rider can 'train their brain', a much-neglected area in a field which is obsessed with better bike handling skills.
What makes your e-books different to all the other advanced riding guides?
Virtually every other book ('Ride Hard, Ride Smart' is an exception and so to some extent is 'Twist of the Wrist') explains how to do something well. The
problem is that's only half the story, and in some ways the less important half. You also need to know where things go wrong, why things go wrong and how to deal with the situation when it does go wrong
We need to understand and adapt our riding to risk-based assessment and management techniques - learning perfect riding skills won't get you out of
trouble, but they can quickly get you into it if you aren't aware of the risks! It's 'Defensive Riding' on steroids!
It's a pragmatic but very honest approach to riding, and one that if developed by the reader, will give much more insight into riding than simply trying to do things to perfection.
If your books are so good, why aren't they in print on paper?
Two reasons. I can keep the costs down by publishing myself on a cheap medium (books are expensive!) and I can constantly update the content if something new catches my eye.
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