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RaoulDuke · #1 Unread post by **RaoulDuke** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:16 pm

Howdy all:

Just a quick note to thank everyone for their input on the differences in the MSF course and Rider's Edge.

For no other reason than to vent my excitement, I just wanted to post that I've registered for Rider's Edge. My first class is on August 21. I talked to a guy locally here that took both and felt that the RE course was a bit better. Sales pitch aside (which he said was mild), it seemed to him that the instructors were more attentive than those at the local community college.

I'm sure I'll post my results/observations here. Stay tuned, and thanks again...

--Anthony

CM400T · #2 Unread post by **CM400T** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:44 pm

good luck,,, I have to wait till Aug. 29 for my course.

Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:50 pm

The fun thing around here is that the Riders edge teachers and the Community College teachers are one and the same.

We get around?

RhadamYgg · #4 Unread post by **RhadamYgg** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:57 pm

Good luck, study hard.

RhadamYgg

hy_tek · #5 Unread post by **hy_tek** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:23 am

I don't know if they are all the same but the Riders Edge course here has a class size of 6 while the community college MSF course has over 20 in a class. I am thinking the smaller size would translate into more individual attention and practice time to the student.

monkeywright · Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:25 am

Class size makes a difference. I'm in MSF now and we have 12 riders. It only takes one slow/nervous rider to slow things down and/or make an exercise almost useless (and we have about four in our class). So, smaller class seems like you could get more space between you and the next guy for those shifting and swerving exercises

Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:21 pm

Maybe, maybe not. They both follow the same curriculum which has a 6:1 student to instructor ratio. However, some ranges are modified and can only allow X amount of students on at a time. So while there are only 6 students, it could be a smaller place to play.

Either way- with six students, or the max of twelve (comm college probably has 12 in the AM and 12 in the PM) you'll still get teh same level of attention.

RhadamYgg · #8 Unread post by **RhadamYgg** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:37 pm

I found the course very enjoyable. We had two 'fields', 4 instructors, 24 students. The instructors and students were grouped two instructors and 12 students.

We hardly even saw the other 12 students and 2 instructors - except for some confusion as to which classroom to start.

This was at a community college, but the bikes were all pretty much crap. I'd use this as a selling point, though, if you learn on this crap, imagine how well you'll ride on your nice good bike.

RhadamYgg