Originally Posted by
carpediemracing
However if you're making a living as a pro then you should have some basic skills like knowing how to corner or throwing your bike at the line well. This simply complements their immense physical talents and lets them eek out the last bit of performance on the bike.
That's always been my thought with pro basketball players and free throws. If that's what you make your living doing, why not spend your free time doing it until you get it right? If I suck at free throws (or cornering or whatever), I have an excuse, I have a job/family/other priorities/whatever and don't practice as much as I should. But for me, that's just a hobby. Something I enjoy and put time available into it, but other things come first for me. For them, the basic technical skills of their sport is their job. On the other hand, I'm at my job right now and am posting on BF, so I'm obviously not working on getting the last few minute performance benefit crumbs from my job either.