26/10 Slipway Meeting

[koba]

That was Jeff.
Nice work it was too!

[VasalineWarrior]

I crashed too. Was cunning enough to do it on the back corner and pretend that no one saw me.

Best meet yet, only fell off once. Hels best be carefull next time in case my chain manages to stay on for more than 5 laps...

[F5 Dave]

Yeah my finger & various knuckles have gone through a range of colours & that was with armoured gloves on a slow corner. Any pillock who rides on the road without gloves should pay some attn.

I really thought that track incarnation was a bit lame, but I can see having helped throw the tyres out how it is easy to end up like that.

The only corner that you could lean on was the one closest to the pits. The rest were just weaving through them while accelerating. No real skill required. The end section (at least clockwise) was flat knackers on the straight & then brake heavily trying to just about clip the flat tyre marker on the left on the way in (woe & betide anyone who hit it while trying that) & picking your way through in about 1st gear.

[nudemetalz]

Sorry 'bout that, Dave. I should have controlled my horsies and tyres a little better

My helmet is a write off, and I have some good (?) grazes on my leg as well as a semi-functioning arm still. Nurse said it looks like stretched ligament so not too worried. Just want to be 100% for Kaitoke.

Yeah I found going hard (clockwise) into that kink you had to brake really hard and I had some rear wheel leaving the ground quite often which made things interesting...
What am talking about !!! I only got 2 laps in for the day,...

[saxet]

Glad to here you're gonna live Nudey, hope you n the bike will be o.k. for Kaitoke.

The track was a bit dull but at least it was'nt too hard on us mature types!

[nudemetalz]

Cheers Saxxy

[koba]

I thought the tight bit at the end was interesting, going clockwise it created a passing opportunity, being at the back and slow it was an opportunity for me to run wide on it and let faster riders lapping me though!