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I think it would be a completely different riding experience, and that it would probably be cool transitioning side to side.
However, personally I would feel that my knees and/or feet, and ankles would for sure take a good injury in a crash.
I wouldn't want to have my feet somewhat anchored. Again that's just me personally. I rode dirtbikes for many years and a couple seasons of 250B mx. About 19 years of street riding, and stunting/wheelieing that just transitioned from dirtbikes.
So knowing how many times I've been down over the years on dirtthe idea of being stuck to the bike gives me the creeps. I much prefer to be flung throught the air or slide across the ground
Anything can happen and/or kill you in a crash, but having something to help keep you on the bike could keep you on it during the crash. And enough to cause you much more injury than you likely would have sustained had you been easily thrown off the bike.
Considering it is designed to help you corner, it may increase a riders confidance much quicker than their ability, resulting in a higher crash rate.
That's just my two cents, if it's worth that.
I'm not trying to be negative, criticize, or bash your idea either.
I think it's great that you came up with the idea, designed it, machined it and have them on the bike.
That in itself is a noteable accomplishment.
I wish you well with your project.
Hey sixpack577, what you are describing is absolutely a valid concern, and don't worry I don't take it the wrong way. I devoted a lot of time researching the safety aspect, analyzing videos of various crashes, highsides, lowsides, and a lot went into the design to make sure the rider's foot would not get stuck in a crash. I'd like to point out a few major factors virtually preventing a rider's foot being stuck under the foot anchor.
1. The distance between the footpeg and the foot anchor is a lot smaller than the rider's foot, so even trying to get your foot stuck there on purpose is virtually impossible.
2. When the position of a foot anchor is correctly adjusted, and a rider places his/her foot between a foot anchor and the shifter/brake pedal, there is a bit of a play for the foot so that the rider's foot can stay there freely without exerting any upward pressure on the foot anchor and without exerting any downward pressure on the shifter/brake pedal.
3. The indentation on foot anchor surface makes it very slippery in forward-back-forward direction or in upward-downward-upward direction, even with some upward pressure on the foot anchor.
4. If you hook your foot under a foot anchor in a turn, muscles of your foot/lower leg is the only thing which effectively holds your foot in place under the foot anchor. The moment you relax it, either consciously or as a reflex (when a rider is about to crash), the foot simply slides out from under the anchor.
Having said that, I recognize that my projections is merely an educated guess as I honestly don't have crash data to support my contention. And as I was joking earlier, when utilizing foot anchors, the bike is so stable that no matter what I do it just wouldn't crash. However, I put my money where my mouth is, so to speak, and have enough confidence in my safety to ride with foot anchors for almost a year, both on the street and on the track, and can attest in doing so faster than ever before. For example, a turn I used to take at 90 (and of course, we are talking about the track, officer), I easily take at 105-110, and have a feeling that could go up to 120 easily. There are some turns which are quite bumpy. Before, I always felt uneasy in those turns, but now I simply shrug it off, let the bike handle it, while I am hanging in there having nothing else to do but to wait when the turn is over.
Oh, and thank you for the compliment! I've never imagined I would be machining stuff in my garage, LOL...
