SMC ride this Saturday (22 Aug)

[Dare]

BARN SEX ? do i ned to sign up or pay on the day ?

It's a subscription service. Plus a disclaimer for the webcams, but you do get free membership to wholetthedogsout.com

[Dare]

uh, just to get back on topic, in what aspect are you improving? keeping upright and consistent or faster than your mates?

'cause from what you and wade have been saying so far i can understand squiggles' apparent concern that we're going to have another summer of smc avoidable bins



(btw a dirtbike is imo a fucking great way to learn how to ride a bike, how to crash a bike, and then how to keep the thing from crashing in the first place - post up details of the course and i'm sure others would be keen to join )

Tbh I only joke about riding with Wade because I'm known him for ages and it's how I deal with his annoyingness

I used to sail lazers years ago (and more recently windsurfing) and they were pretty hairy things at times (try jibing in 20kt+ winds when you weigh 55kg) so I know about racing your own race.

When I say improve I mean almost every corner I am trying to push inwards with my knee, push down with my inside hand, push down on the outside peg, get the best line of sight, never let off the throttle halfway through, be aware of the apex even if i dont use it, be aware of oil spills, escape routes and traffic etc etc. Until it all becomes second nature. I always check over my shoulder even when just changing lanes, I try to always indicate my intentions and thank people when they pull over when i'm lane splitting. You get the drift, I want to make sure that when some nutter finally does take me out there will be pretty much nothing I can kick myself about later. I also want to make sure that I never get that panic feeling when you turn into a corner and realise you've overcooked it, which is why I don't ride outside my limits on the road, no matter who or what im riding with. That's a lesson hard learned (two minis can testify).

[Real_Wolf]

yeah, Its unlikely we'll bin from 'racing' each other, because simply put if I feel what he does is beyond me I just don't do it, case and point when he suicidally overtakes (which alot of people do).

Still, keen for one of those things, wish I had money

[Dare]

yeah, Its unlikely we'll bin from 'racing' each other, because simply put if I feel what he does is beyond me I just don't do it, case and point when he suicidally overtakes (which alot of people do).

Still, keen for one of those things, wish I had money

Why suicidal? Edit: From what I've seen of your riding you're in no position to talk about overtaking.

[Metalor]

BIt of shit talk goin on I see! Nothing like a good ole punch up to sort out who's right and who's wrong

[PirateJafa]

Lulz @ the sudden defensiveness.

Why suicidal? I don't overtake around blind corners and I don't overtake without line of sight in the distance it will take to overtake, that caravan was on the iffy side but at no point did I feel 'if a car comes I'm screwed'.

Rather than thinking "is this passing maneuver safe if a car comes around the corner ahead", I always think "is this passing maneuver safe if a bike comes around the corner ahead, possibly giving their bike a good dose of the gogo juice.

Because it ain't always a slow, docile car oncoming.

If I say yes you guys are gonna give me shit for ages.

If I say no you guys are gonna give me shit for ages.

So say yes. Because if you're going to be copping shite for it anyway, you might as well be copping the flak whilst we are drinking cool beers from the nice clean fridge.

[Dare]

Lulz @ the sudden defensiveness.

Yeah, thought better of it since tbh I know I'm too impatient, I'm training myself to wait for overtake lanes & long long straights rather than gas it in the shorter ones. This is my last comment on this subject.

Rather than thinking "is this passing maneuver safe if a car comes around the corner ahead", I always think "is this passing maneuver safe if a bike comes around the corner ahead, possibly giving their bike a good dose of the gogo juice.

That's a really good point. or a work van on the wrong side of the road. Repped

[jono035]

Yeah, thought better of it since tbh I know I'm too impatient, I'm training myself to wait for overtake lanes & long long straights rather than gas it in the shorter ones. This is my last comment on this subject.

That's a really good point. or a work van on the wrong side of the road. Repped

Driving around up north I always used to try visualize what would happen if a car came through a corner at a fair bit higher than the speed limit while I was overtaking. Similar idea with the bike.

One of the things you have to be aware of when driving outside the currently defined legal limits is not only the effect that the extra speed has on your reaction times and abilities, but also how it affects situations that others may have put themselves in. If you carry a heap more speed through a corner than the majority of road users, be prepared to encounter someone else doing what would usually be considered a 'safe' overtaking manoeuvre that has now become marginal. In short, be ready to get on the brakes and ditch it if you have to.

[Real_Wolf]

:P, its not just you, in comparison with most riders I see on the road your fairly tame. That being said, I personally would not do some of the manouvers you do simply because I see them as unsafe, I don't particularily care what you see them as.

But on that general subject, alot of the things I do I consider slightly crazy, as in overtaking/lane splitting points, yet over half the bikes I see on the road seem to do even worse things, like lane splitting between two moving lanes of traffic goign at about 70 or 80, one lane change and your stuffed, your in the blind spot of quite a few cars while lanesplitting too, not really that smart.

Or overtaking stupidly, round blind corners, etc. So many times I've looked at an overtake, say the caravan on that ride back from wellsford, gone "hmm, that seemed clear", gotten to the point where I'd be alongside and a car is just coming. Might still have ended up fine, might have gotten screwed, but always end up thinking "glad that I actually wait for a sizeable gap that I can definetely see"

[Danae]

And I don't have the power to overtake cars anyway so i haven't had any practise

[Danae]

So say yes. Because if you're going to be copping shite for it anyway, you might as well be copping the flak whilst we are drinking cool beers from the nice clean fridge.

You guys are gonna owe me a whole box of lion red

[Metalor]

You guys talk a whole load of shit sometimes... Just fucking ride.

[pocketcracker]

Amen +10 ..... MMMM Pie !

[Ragingrob]

K enough shit talk huh.

If I see anyone riding like a fucktard on a ride I've organised they can fuck off.

Not saying any of you did (As we were held up in Wellsford so didn't even see ya), just putting it out there.

[Metalor]

Good on you mate, you put that out there!