What can this Dakar racer teach you about road riding?

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With eight finishes from ten starts, Simon Pavey is one of the UK’s most successful Dakar Rally competitors. But this household name in endurance riding – who trained Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman – can transform the way you ride on Tarmac;  “It’s a chance to learn the finesse with the throttle and brakes that you just don’t practice when you ride to work,” says Simon, “The more you fiddle with the bike and mess around with it, the more your skills continue to improve, rather than what we all tend to do and get to a comfort zone in our riding and stay in that place – that stops you getting better. It’s really easy for even the most experienced of riders to get into that rut. You don’t have to want to be a world-champion, but the better you ride, the more you enjoy it – you become more relaxed and comfortable.

“It’s about making your life easier when you pull into a petrol station covered in diesel, or a tight car park under a hotel, full of tricky off-camber turns. The off road skill-set makes it easy to deal with a bike in any situation.”

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