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What's the alternative to starting with the "clutch, biting point" technique?

I've read that this technique is bad as it causes excess wear on the clutch plates.

My question is: what is the alternative?

Reply 1

Iqbal007

Original post by AlecRobertson

I've read that this technique is bad as it causes excess wear on the clutch plates.

My question is: what is the alternative?

Its simply a learning tool to get used to the clutch, eventually you'll it very smoothly, rather than just holding the clutch at a certain point and trying to reach the right biting point which takes a while for learner and new drivers.

Reply 2

InArduisFouette

As Iqbal says in his post above, once you have learnt clutch control you won't be faffing about holding the biting point etc except in a few specific situations ( preventing roll back on a hill start).

once you are an experienced river you'll be able to jump into most vehicles and have squared away where the biting point is within a couple of miles / minutes .