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Re: [ST] Advanced rider training
- Subject: Re: [ST] Advanced rider training
- From: "Peckham ." <peckhammer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 07:20:21 -0700
>From: "Mike Bostock" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>4. Slowing on the straight and applying power smoothly through the bend as
>soon as the intersection of the nearside and offside edges start to move
>away from you. Much faster and smoother than I was previously achieving.
>
And much safer too, since this is the only way to know if the bend is
getting tighter or opening up in blind curves, e.g., that great stretch of
road near the Rock Store in CA.
This is know to all U.K. riders as the "Vanishing Point." It is largely
ignored by US trainers. Nice that your guy mentioned it, even if not by
name.
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