Last edited by onearmedbandit; 31st January 2017 at 12:14.
So wide entry equals centerline hugging? Just "wow". You cant see that entering a left-hand bend, choosing a deliberate turn-in point as far right in your lane as is safe will give you an increased field of vision around the corner of hazards, both on-coming and in your lane, and gives you increased time and space to react. Of course Riding Schools teach this approach. They want their clients to live.
Ok I must be missing something here, because I just watched a segment of one of their videos and the rider actually states not to be hugging the line for the left handcorner he's approaching, that the gain of maybe up to a couple metres is not worth it as you put yourself potentially in the path of oncoming traffic.
I've time stamped it from where he says his piece.
https://youtu.be/EBvsaN3Tc9c?t=10m18s
A bit of high school maths would suggest that being further to the right of the lane can considerably increase the line of vision on a bend, giving more time to react if something untoward was to happen, it doesn't mean you need to be riding right on the centreline.
The other aspect of riding wider into a left hand corner is that tightening your line if necessary takes you further into your own lane, whereas if you're on the left of the road and have to avoid something (and on the edge of the road is where something unexpected is more likely to be) then you are widening your line which is sending you in the direction of any oncoming traffic.
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For gods sake, stop it. Wide entry is NOT centerline hugging. It's a technique used to make any given corner a wider radius - thus safer.
I'm assuming you're one of those idiots who doesn't use the full width of his lane....Thus misses out on the safety aspects of positioning to see as far ahead as possible on corner entry. Note I said entry....You are expected to take a line which on a left starting out close to the centerline will bring you out close to the kerb. On a right you'd start out wide to the left of your lane and if vision is clear, come out closer to the centerline.
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