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Saddles also vary with rider preference, from the cushioned ones favored by short-distance riders to narrower saddles which allow more room for leg swings.
* To isolate the rider and luggage from jarring due to rough surfaces.
These have frames with relaxed geometry, protecting the rider from shocks of the road and easing steering at low speeds.
The German word for English " knight " is Ritter, the Dutch ridder, the Swedish riddare, which is the cognate of English " rider "-but which carries vast social implications absent from the English word.
If a rider is thrown from a horse but has a foot caught in the stirrup, they could be dragged if the horse runs away.
Various styles can be used as a control measure, to prevent the horse from avoiding rider commands by raising its head out of position ; or as a safety measure to keep the horse from tossing its head high or hard enough to smack its rider in the face.
After an arduous recovery, Doohan returned to racing for the final two races but could not prevent Yamaha rider Wayne Rainey from winning his third consecutive title ( by 4 points from Doohan ).
This is combined with the penalty points accrued from the observed sections to arrive at a winner, who is not alway the quickest rider or the rider who lost the less marks on observation but the rider who balanced these competing demands the best.
Swing boarding is the activity where a skateboard deck is suspended from a pivot point above the rider which allows the rider to swing about that pivot point.
The rider controls forward and backward movement by leaning the Segway relative to the combined center of mass of the rider and Segway, by holding the control bar closer to or farther from their body.
Track time trial bikes differ from normal track bikes in two major ways ; firstly they have two solid disc wheels for aerodynamics, and secondly they use aero-bars to allow the rider to adopt a more aerodynamic riding position, for the same reasons as in road individual time trials.
To prevent this, the leading rider may choose to accelerate quickly before the last lap, hoping to catch his opponent off guard and establish a large enough gap to negate the aerodynamic effect or to keep the speed high enough to prevent his opponent from completing a pass.
Elimination race, also known as " devil take the hindmost " removes the last place rider from each lap until only three to five riders remain.
Some art historians believe that a second figure ( perhaps a child ) is being held by the rider, although this may be another shadow from the solitary rider.
alt = Painting of white horse and blue rider galloping across a green meadow from right to left

rider and was
Above me a dark rider was whipping his pony with a quirt in an attempt to hurdle the bales.
The last thing in the world that resembled a war was our line of farmers and storekeepers and mechanics perched on top of a stone wall, and this dashing rider made us feel a good deal sharper and more alert to the situation.
I don't know whether he was after our rider, who had gone by a minute before, or whether he was simply scouting conditions ; ;
He was a fine and showy rider, but his skill was wasted on us.
Soon after, the rear freewheel was developed, enabling the rider to coast.
A carbine was typically no longer than a sheathed sabre, both arranged to hang with their tops clear of the rider ’ s elbows and bottoms clear of the horse ’ s legs.
Cavalry tactics in China were enhanced by the invention of the saddle-attached stirrup by at least the 4th century, as the oldest reliable depiction of a rider with paired stirrups was found in a Jin Dynasty tomb of the year 322 AD.
The differences were their role in combat, the size of the mount, and how much armor was worn by the mount and rider.
The invention of stirrups was of great historic significance in mounted combat, giving the rider secure foot support while on horseback.
The design credo Mazda has used across the three generations of the MX5's development was the phrase, which translates loosely into English as " rider ( jin ) horse ( ba ) as one body ( ittai )".
Niccolò Fontana was the son of Michele Fontana, a rider and deliverer.
Burger called the knot a lineman's rider stating it was often used by " linemen and especially telephone men ".
When Tostig asked what his brother Harold would be willing to give Harald Hardrada for his trouble, the rider replied that he would be given seven feet of ground as he was taller than other men.
Harald Hardrada was impressed with the rider and asked Tostig his name, Tostig replied that the rider was none other than Harold Godwinson.
* The first dependable representation of a horse rider with paired stirrups was found in China in a Jin Dynasty tomb ( China ).
The mochila was thrown over the saddle and held in place by the weight of the rider sitting on it.
In leading her army, she displayed significant prowess: she was an able horse rider and would walk three or four miles with her foot soldiers.
She was also an excellent dancer and rider.
The change stated that a fall anywhere during the cross-country phase resulted in elimination, even if the rider was galloping on course and not approaching a jump, or in the middle of a combination.

rider and good
This race makes for a good spectacle as the two riders pursue each other attempting to catch the other rider that started on the other side of the track.
Formal turnout always is preferred, however, and a neat rider gives a good impression at shows.
In a jump-off, a rider must balance the need to go as fast as possible and turn as tightly as possible against the horse's ability to jump cleanly with good scope.
Therefore, if one movement is poorly executed, it is still possible for the rider to get a good overall score if the remaining movements are very well executed.
A horse can no longer just be brave and athletic, but must have a good deal of dressage training should his rider wish to successfully negotiate odd distances or bending lines at a gallop.
This includes a greater use of precision fences, such as corners and " skinny jumps ", that are very good tests of the rider's ability and the horse's training, but allow the horse to simply run around the jump if the rider misjudges it.
The existence of privileged groups may not be a complete solution to the free rider problem, however, as underproduction of the public good may still result.
Poorer individuals will usually have little choice but to opt for the free rider strategy, i. e. they will attempt to benefit from the public good without contributing to its provision.
Slowly, both horse and rider learned to walk again ( Pollard joked that they " had four good legs between " them ).
Cataphracts were almost universally clad in some form of scale armor ( Falidotos, equivalent to the Roman Lorica squamata ) that was flexible enough to give the rider and horse a good degree of motion, but strong enough to resist the immense impact of a thunderous charge into infantry formations.
It can be walked at a leisurely pace in about a week while a good walker, horse rider or cyclist would take two or three days.
He is a versatile rider with qualities that include decent sprinting, decent time trials and some good skills in the mountains.
The high riding position gave the rider a good view and protection from melee weapons, but made them a highly visible target for ranged weapons
He was a notorious bushranger ( a runaway convict with good survival skills often hiding as a refuge, they also often have robbed banks or coach services ) Brady in particular was known as the Gentlemen Bushranger, he was called this because he was very kind and gentlemanly using very good treatment when robbing his target person / bank / coach services, etc … He was also a very good horse rider ( which probably helped in his getaways ).
A confident rider, surrounded by birds of good omen is approached by a Nike ( mythology ) | Nike bearing victor's wreaths on this Laconia n black-figured kylix ( drinking cup ) | kylix, ca.
A good course designer will be able to incorporate the obstacles into the landscape so that they seem natural, yet still fairly test the horse and provide the horse an option to run-out if the rider makes a mistake.
The final fences of a course are usually slightly easier, to allow the horse and rider to finish on a good note, before they gallop across the finish.
His manners were courteous, and he was a good speaker and rider.
Because highsider accidents are so much more deadly than lowside accidents, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation recommends that if a rider locks the rear brake at higher speeds and the traction is good the brake should not be released.
Without a good jump, the rider risks opponents accelerating away ; without good sustained speed, he will be unable to keep up with a fast race.

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