diff --git a/game/reconstructed/mech4.cpp b/game/reconstructed/mech4.cpp
index b480375..10c6a07 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/mech4.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/mech4.cpp
@@ -1968,8 +1968,10 @@ void
 				// so the CADENCE still matches the actual travel (no foot-slip).  Reverse
 				// needs no floor -- its entry gate is `commandedSpeed < ZeroSpeed`, which
 				// any negative demand already trips.
-				if (sd > walkStrideLength * 0.5f && sd < standSpeed * 1.1f)
-					sd = standSpeed * 1.1f;
+				// (CORRECTED threshold: walkStrideLength is a STRIDE metric ~22, NOT
+				// the walk velocity ~6.1 -- gate on standSpeed, the actual gate value.)
+				if (sd > standSpeed * 0.5f && sd < standSpeed * 1.05f)
+					sd = standSpeed * 1.05f;
 				replMppr->speedDemand = sd;
 				// REPLICANT TURN-STEP (user-reported: a turning peer
 				// statue-rotates while the local mech steps): the leg SM's
@@ -2060,6 +2062,8 @@ void
 							<< " spd=" << replMppr->speedDemand
 							<< " legState=" << (int)legStateAlarm.GetLevel()
 							<< " legFrm=" << legAnimation.currentFrame
+							<< " standSp=" << standSpeed
+							<< " walkStr=" << walkStrideLength
 							<< " nu-lp=" << (nextUpdate.ticks - lastPerformance.ticks)
 							<< " dt=" << dt << "\n" << std::flush;
 				}