24-08-12, 10:16 AM
two points to be made here.
just got back from abroad where it was 40+. nipping 2 miles into town didn't warrant getting togged up. it was a risk i was prepared to take, and with SWMBO on the back as well it meant i made mother theresa look like a hells angel with my standard of driving. it's all about mitigating the risk, the more gear we have on the safer we feel (didn't stop me showing off when solo though!).
re the video, you can see that he's
a) riding for the camera
b) carrying too much entry and getting his apexes wrong
c) not hanging off enough, it seems that he felt he wasn't going to make it and didn't have any more lean left!
d) used the front instead of the rear brake
and the camera man target fixated at the crash, and the guy at the back had his front wheel on the road and back on the gravel, hence why the back came round on him.
just got back from abroad where it was 40+. nipping 2 miles into town didn't warrant getting togged up. it was a risk i was prepared to take, and with SWMBO on the back as well it meant i made mother theresa look like a hells angel with my standard of driving. it's all about mitigating the risk, the more gear we have on the safer we feel (didn't stop me showing off when solo though!).
re the video, you can see that he's
a) riding for the camera
b) carrying too much entry and getting his apexes wrong
c) not hanging off enough, it seems that he felt he wasn't going to make it and didn't have any more lean left!
d) used the front instead of the rear brake
and the camera man target fixated at the crash, and the guy at the back had his front wheel on the road and back on the gravel, hence why the back came round on him.
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