tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341375666857022597.post6600845459188306768..comments2009-05-23T00:26:31.428-04:00zannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17169968339980800861suzanne@bikeclicks.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341375666857022597.post-65509597243735486352009-05-23T00:26:31.428-04:002009-05-23T00:26:31.428-04:00Ouch, the door ... slam ... into my face ... LOL<br /><br />You go, girl. :-)Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05746451980347654639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341375666857022597.post-26236004803104168952009-05-22T21:52:58.829-04:002009-05-22T21:52:58.829-04:00YESSSS! great post! you are rockin' that bike zanne. good for you! <br /><br />sorry we missed each other last week. it was a crazy 2 days and there was no way i could have even managed a coffee. :( my brain was tired from work and i needed to get in the pool and do my thing.<br /><br />next time i'll be down is july 17-18 for the cardinal harbor half ironman.Judihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17659061902462311046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341375666857022597.post-16968598934266982262009-05-22T19:16:22.543-04:002009-05-22T19:16:22.543-04:00LOVE it!!pamsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341375666857022597.post-1711457678165211032009-05-22T11:34:00.300-04:002009-05-22T11:34:00.300-04:00The trick is not use your brakes. <br /><br />Seriously.<br /><br />It's tough when you're in a pack with hesitant riders who are unsure of themselves. In those cases you need to ride at the front. If you're leading you don't need your brakes unless the course is technical enough where you need to brake for a certain off-camber corner or something. <br /><br />Make the corners as shallow as possible - swing a wide arc from the outside to the inside of the apex then back out. This keeps your speed up, and means you don't have to use energy to 'sprint' back up to speed out of the corner. This only works when your at the front or in a line with fast riders. <br /><br />Riding with the faster riders was probably the best thing you could have done. Now, the real task will be to go with them from the beginning. Hint: Don't line up at the back, and go real hard for the first few laps.zencyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00972746221081909463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341375666857022597.post-63210681983349726792009-05-21T11:26:14.435-04:002009-05-21T11:26:14.435-04:00Crits scare me too...its like driving in the snow...you worry more about the other drivers...I am getting to the point where I would be A-okay not doing them at all. One's bike handling skills are key and really the only way to get the skills is to do the races. Of course you could also own the front to control the pace and avoid any bumping. I have one saturday that I am worried about because I don't know the course and I may not get a chance to pre-ride. Blaaaah - my goal is to keep the rubber on the road not my ass.BettyBettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689105039645020348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341375666857022597.post-20524315525663613792009-05-20T15:57:40.178-04:002009-05-20T15:57:40.178-04:00Nice, sometimes we need to disengage our brain and fully engage our body...I wrote about that exact thing today; spooky!Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841289199998319545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341375666857022597.post-77964125650281354832009-05-20T13:55:01.383-04:002009-05-20T13:55:01.383-04:00"i never touched my brakes and saw that i could corner at 20+ miles per hour. i had no reason to be falling off in the first place."<br /><br />of course not, it's called centrifugal force. don't you remember high school science??Cynthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312962424528695296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341375666857022597.post-28520213025548152332009-05-20T13:30:07.471-04:002009-05-20T13:30:07.471-04:00I love it... love it... LOVE IT!! It is a wonderful thing when you drop the weight of fear and just take off!!Gotta Runhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647983887882662002noreply@blogger.com