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thatHurt
26th April 2006, 16:47
Hi - pretty new to this site and have a question about having to stop in a corner.

Was coming into a blind corner I had been through few minutes before, was in 3rd doing about 60k and I was over a fair bit (for me anyway) and a cage had slowed right down to gawk at the view. Cages coming the other way so I had nowhere to go.

I jumped down to second and the arse stepped out then caught again, straightened up and I went down the middle line with cars on both sides - everyone shittin themselves.

With the obvious danger of a lowside at the step out, a highside when it caught again or faceplantin a cage I'd like to know how to stop quickly in a corner.
kiwifruit
26th April 2006, 16:51
stand it up and brake hard

welcome to the site :)
thatHurt
26th April 2006, 17:06
stand it up and brake hard

welcome to the site :)

Yeah - thought of that but it's not a real wide road and I think I mighta crossed onto the oncoming lane by straightening up and hitting the anchors.
imdying
26th April 2006, 17:09
Don't follow cars too quickly into blind corners... and don't ride faster than you can see in front of you.
Blairos
26th April 2006, 17:15
"Standing the bike up, and braking hard, to go off the road into a ditch - beats becoming cage kill..."

As a good mate has told me before...
F5 Dave
26th April 2006, 18:00
Really it comes down to you have to be able to stop in the distance visible on a laned road -- or ½ the distance visible on an unlaned road. To stop quickly you have to use the front brakes, end of story. To do this you must be largely upright.

So what you have found is that you are travelling too fast for the street. This is an unpleasant reminder of the speed achievable vs the safe speed. Even on a race track there is an element of this but the risk has to be taken to win.

On the road there are no trophies. What if there was a car broken down just after the apex of the blind corner & a car coming the other way a touch over the centreline? Or a virtually stationary bicycle?

Run these simulations & ask yourself what would happen. This may make you a slower road rider but will increase your chances of staying alive considerably.