07-20-2006, 09:21 AM
stevegula Wrote:If there's a bike there, you can hear it. That's all that matters. If you hear another bike, ride a defensive line (if you're racing), if you don't, keep truckin it.
stevegula Wrote:I had already spotted what biker I would tuck in behind going up into 7 and since she was further to the inside of the track I had room to brake. Then she decided "actually, I want to be over.... *here*". Well now she's directly in front of me, I was already running kind of hot but had to release the brakes, scoot over to the edge of the track, and then get hard on the brakes while running down the painted stripe. I ran right up next to her, close enough that I could have kicked her. The only reason I made the turn was because she turned in ridiculously early and free'd up some of the turn for me to burn off more speed. That was in the Sport Enthusiast/Intermediate group.
Seems to be a disconnect between your two statements. So you're saying she could hear you but chose to move into your line purposely? Seems to me this should be the best time to look into your mirror. Not knowing what's coming up on your before altering your line is a recipie for disaster.
stevegula Wrote:If you'd rather go into turn 1 at VIR North or Summit looking behind you, by all means go for it. I'd be impressed with your talent.
Wow... people who don't have any situational awareness are the scariest people to race with. Seasoned racers will do anything not to be around someone who doesn't know what's going on around them, regardless of track position.
Again, racing is not the same as learning but why teach bad habits once in the Intermediate group and higher?
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth