bendy roads and chicken strips

Why did you try?

 

One man's "straight bat" is another man's "Yes, I noticed the
deliberate irony and thought I'd add to it".

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Don't we all do this though, when riding on our own. I only use the
brakes when i'm riding with other people, as then, you're not really
riding your own ride.

I use them when commuting in London to avoid taxis and buses, but if
i'm out on a bimble, I rarely have to use the brakes for a corner or a
roundabout, likewise on a motorway.

T junctions are another matter

P.

 

Not for Dodger...

 

lol.

You won't get many takers for the dubious privilege of being Dodgers
crumple zone.

P.

 

Certainly not.

What is this "bimble" of which you speak? Do you never, ever, not even
a little bit, when riding on your own, do the old "personal racetrack"
thing?

TBH my own experience is very much the opposite of yours. When riding
with a group I'd often[1] feel constrained to ride more slowly, even
if just because of the proximity of other riders, but on my own no
such inhibitions applied.


[1] Well, sometimes, depending on who it was.

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Oh sure, I use to ride like a complete cock, right up until my big
off.

Since then, i've concentrated on being quick and smooth (to varying
degrees of success) and i've got more confident, ride quicker, with
better observation, and with fewer 'eek' moments.

I still lob it now and then, but don't we all ;-)

P.

 

Ha. Me too, I guess, although I never thought, and still don't, that
fast riding is in any way incompatible with good, safe riding. With
one major exception, obviously.

I never really had 'eek' moments at all - well, not in the last couple
of decades, at least. But I'd agree that if you did/do, then perhaps
there's still some learning to be done ;-)

Me Sir? No Sir. Never Sir.

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I tried that bimbling thing today, I think I lasted about 5 miles once
I was out of town before I got bored and started giving it the berries
and then some. Today was spent going to deepest darkest Essex and back
on the SV, and it honestly felt like I was on a trackday with cars
going the other way. I must remember not to wear a one piece race suit
on the road, it only encourages me to ride like a ****.

 

5 miles? You are the very model of restraint, Sir.

You need encouraging?

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Because it's boring.

 

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If bikes were designed to be ridden slowly then they'd all top out at
about 60mph. There's no point in buying something that'll go fast if
you don't ride it fast and if you feel that the bike's too much for
you then flog it and buy a C90.

 

A no brakes ride is fine if you're doing a sighting lap of a race
track and everyone else is doing the same but apart from that I really
can't see the point.

I'll admit that I've got a different attitude to riding bikes to that
of a lot of others but I really can't see how I'd be able to enjoy
myself doing a lap of the island if I wasn't hitting the brakes hard
very frequently.

 

It all comes down to ride your own ride. I did no brake rides all the
time with the SV. And I'd love to have a C90.

 

What the **** for?

 

So, stop going fast down the straights.

If you do, you'll have much more time to assess an oncoming corner,
and if you do have to brake it won't be as much.

Most of the riders I know who are unconsciously competent learnt to
ride on slow shit bikes. I don't think this is a coincidence.

 

heh - you need to get taken for a drive in a decent car.

 

Standard issue for the IAM.

 

Ooh, that reminds me, our VW R36 should be on the production line on
Monday...

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<considers first bikes owned: DT125, CZ250, XS750...>