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You got your license,"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":951.02,"endTime":955.11,"body":"and that may have been the last"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":955.11,"endTime":960.091,"body":"time that you did any sort of"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":955.11,"endTime":960.091,"body":"formal training. Well, why not"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":960.091,"endTime":964.611,"body":"take an advanced riding course?"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":960.091,"endTime":964.611,"body":"Have instructors observe how you"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":964.611,"endTime":968.971,"body":"ride and make suggestions on how"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":964.611,"endTime":968.971,"body":"to improve it. Are there aspects"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":968.971,"endTime":972.451,"body":"of riding that have always made"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":968.971,"endTime":972.451,"body":"you nervous, like slow speed"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":972.451,"endTime":976.351,"body":"maneuvers or leaning through a"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":972.451,"endTime":976.351,"body":"curve, or even riding off road"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":976.351,"endTime":980.266,"body":"as we just talked about with ADV"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":976.351,"endTime":980.266,"body":"bikes? Take a course and learn"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":980.266,"endTime":984.626,"body":"how to acquire the skills and"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":980.266,"endTime":984.626,"body":"the confidence that will help"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":984.626,"endTime":988.726,"body":"elevate your riding experience"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":984.626,"endTime":988.726,"body":"and give you a new viewpoint on"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":988.726,"endTime":991.676,"body":"what you're doing and how you"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":988.726,"endTime":991.676,"body":"can make it even better."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":991.504,"endTime":994.604,"body":"how, so let's wrap up. We"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":991.504,"endTime":994.604,"body":"looked at how photography"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":994.604,"endTime":997.744,"body":"teaches us that perspective and"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":994.604,"endTime":997.744,"body":"vantage point can change our"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":997.744,"endTime":1000.886,"body":"impression of the same"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":997.744,"endTime":1000.886,"body":"experienced, we then examined"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1000.886,"endTime":1003.686,"body":"how we could apply that to our"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1000.886,"endTime":1003.686,"body":"riding. We discussed using our"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1003.686,"endTime":1007.086,"body":"bike, not just for leisure rides."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1003.686,"endTime":1007.086,"body":"We delved into different routes"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1007.086,"endTime":1010.186,"body":"and different destinations, and"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1007.086,"endTime":1010.186,"body":"we investigated how we could try"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1010.186,"endTime":1013.036,"body":"different accommodations while"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1010.186,"endTime":1013.036,"body":"traveling. Next, we looked at"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1013.036,"endTime":1015.956,"body":"how you could use your ADV bike"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1013.036,"endTime":1015.956,"body":"for more than just a Starbucks"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1015.956,"endTime":1019.396,"body":"run, and how a track day could"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1015.956,"endTime":1019.396,"body":"be the fix for your sport bike,"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1019.787,"endTime":1023.214,"body":"or really any bike for that"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1019.787,"endTime":1023.214,"body":"matter. And finally, we looked"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1023.214,"endTime":1026.614,"body":"at how to get an outside"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1023.214,"endTime":1026.614,"body":"perspective from training could"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1026.614,"endTime":1030.622,"body":"help refresh our riding. So my"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1026.614,"endTime":1030.622,"body":"question for you this week is,"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1030.622,"endTime":1033.942,"body":"what is one thing you find"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1030.622,"endTime":1033.942,"body":"yourself always doing in your"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1033.942,"endTime":1037.582,"body":"riding that you want to change?"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1033.942,"endTime":1037.582,"body":"Share your thoughts through the"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1037.582,"endTime":1040.242,"body":"text to show link in the show"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1037.582,"endTime":1040.242,"body":"notes or leave a voicemail at"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1040.242,"endTime":1044.022,"body":"throttleandroast.com slash"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1040.242,"endTime":1044.022,"body":"voicemail. Thanks for listening."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1044.022,"endTime":1044.872,"body":"I'll talk to you next week."}]}