Originally Posted by
Iride01
Jeff Neese Video was cute! But wasn't it really the difference in pavement height above the shoulder of the road that did her in? It appeared to me that she stopped on the edge of the pavement and would have had to put her foot down on the much lower unpaved shoulder
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No, it was not "cute". Did you see that she fell into a ravine and could have been seriously injured? She was lucky. She's clearly a beginner - putting a foot down while still in the saddle is never correct, and nobody ever showed her the right way.
I'd suggest you watch this video, and then practice until it becomes automatic.
Starting and Stopping Smoothly
Here's another one. You can search for more, but they all show the same proper and safe technique of getting
out of the saddle while stopping.