07-19-2006, 12:44 PM
ok ok this all sounds to me like poorly run schools. If there are noobs who are being timid and need lots of room (we all start somewhere), then why is passing in the corner allowed in that group? If Cornerspeed or some other group is where noobs should start out, then that's where my first school or two will be. I'll figure that out when I come to it.
Some of the things I'm hearing about these schools makes me wonder WTF is going on. Like Andrew stating at Jefferson circuit that in his intermediate group, "the track organizers explicitly ask you to pull your mirrors and NOT look behind you". Eh? That seems REALLY odd to me. If an intermediate group rider can't be expected to handle looking in his mirror and being aware of his surroundings, why is that the intermediate group? AND you all tape up your brake lights? Can an intermediate rider not handle sticking to his own braking points? And isn't it more imporatant that other riders get the chance to recognize that the guy in front of him is on the brakes? How is this not a recipe for disaster?
Can someone explain to me why those make sense for a bike when they are the opposite of what you'd do when tracking a car? Sure, there are a lot of opposite reactions to learn, things that are different when tracking a bike, but I can't for the life of me come up with a reason for these. No wonder it's a problem having slower bikes out there if no-one is using his mirror and everyone has tape over thier brake lights!
Some of the things I'm hearing about these schools makes me wonder WTF is going on. Like Andrew stating at Jefferson circuit that in his intermediate group, "the track organizers explicitly ask you to pull your mirrors and NOT look behind you". Eh? That seems REALLY odd to me. If an intermediate group rider can't be expected to handle looking in his mirror and being aware of his surroundings, why is that the intermediate group? AND you all tape up your brake lights? Can an intermediate rider not handle sticking to his own braking points? And isn't it more imporatant that other riders get the chance to recognize that the guy in front of him is on the brakes? How is this not a recipe for disaster?
Can someone explain to me why those make sense for a bike when they are the opposite of what you'd do when tracking a car? Sure, there are a lot of opposite reactions to learn, things that are different when tracking a bike, but I can't for the life of me come up with a reason for these. No wonder it's a problem having slower bikes out there if no-one is using his mirror and everyone has tape over thier brake lights!
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