Thanks for saving my life.

[jafar]

*waits for Katman to do his thing

How about instead I just tell you to go fuck yourself?

& he did

[Dropped]

Check you wheel alignment dude. It could be way out and it will cause you to come off!

[TuonoTom]

How about instead I just tell you to go fuck yourself?

Cheers mate.

[Simon]

I think the dirt skills help - Trains you not to grab a handful of brake mid-corner.

[sleemanj]

Looking from google maps, it seems you should be able to see round that enitre corner. It is a sharp looking one but seems to have ace line of sight, you are quite possibly not looking far enough ahead.

Yes generally you can look right over the corner, I think I looked through and saw there was no traffic, bicyclists tend to blend in a bit sometimes.

Anyhow thanks for the advice everybody, all taken on board.

[Neon]

'Tis true though that decreasing radius turns are a shit. I can see how you might have been caught out there.

[YellowDog]

Yes generally you can look right over the corner, I think I looked through and saw there was no traffic, bicyclists tend to blend in a bit sometimes.

Anyhow thanks for the advice everybody, all taken on board.

The corner looks pretty sharp and having so much of a view I would have used the entire road to hug it tight.

It is very easy for us to comment on this, as we wern't there.

And you punishment is:

Go and take that corner 20 times from both directions and get it out of your system.
If you manage to put it down again - give up.

Good luck.

[gammaguy]

what a fucked up response! what? you never dropped your bike?

yes.but i learned from it.

[triple-bee]

I notice that you are in ChCh I have over 20 years road and limited race expirience my misses has nearly 30 It sounds like classic target fixation I still get it even now I/We would be happy to go out with you and give a few pointers am not trying to sound condesending but you sound on the verge of quitting which would be a shame as you are obviously keen to stay on the bike

Any time that suits you, Neil

[sleemanj]

the verge of quitting

Nah I'm too stubborn for that.

Any time that suits you, Neil

Thanks for the offer, but once things are back on line I'll get hooked up with Mainland out at Ruapuna and see how it goes.

I'm sure that'll straighten me out

Or at least have fun trying.

[StoneY]

This one I could try and lay blame on an old dry front tyre :

I would have
If it helps you recover some dignity, my GSX600F had one of them tyres, handled like shit

Go get a NEW front tyre, a GOOD one that wears out disgustingly fast, then take that same corner bro

You might get a surprise...I sure did, and now every tyre I buy (new Pilot on Duc tonight in fact) is far from budget

[tri boy]

FWIW, maybe your mind is drifting from the task at hand, (concentrating on riding safely).
I believe it happens to all of us. Hell, I know an ex F1 bike racer who stopped racing because he would be thinking about things to do in his business week, rather than his approach to a corner/ line.
Thing is to learn to stay focused but also take in small snippets of enjoyment besides the bike handling issues.
Don't give up unless you really feel as though m/cycles aren't for you. MHO