07-04-13, 05:48 AM
(07-04-13, 02:38 AM)Lez72 link Wrote: [quote author=simonm link=topic=7127.msg67797#msg67797 date=1365266641]
I'm okay, just a stonking great bruise on my right thumb and broken pride and fragile confidence.
I'm a newb and I've come off twice in three months. Starting to wonder if it's a sign.
Street view is here: http://goo.gl/maps/IJDbj
No real excuse I can think of apart from incompetence. I thought I was going in too quick, tried the rear brake, as I was beginning to go around the corner, no speed dropped off so I put the rear brake on more and it locked up... I think. I don't know, apart from I was stupid.
I need to practise cornering off the road (by off the road I mean track), apparently Mallory park do a cornering course or something. I just go around corners fine and then occasionally, for no reason I can ascertain, I just think this feels wrong and it all falls apart a bit.
I never thought I was a good rider but I seem a lot better at speed than when I'm travelling slowly. It's a bit surreal.
Glad you're Ok but seriously, if you have fallen off twice in 3 months then you need to get some extra tuition or call it a day before you turn into a statistic.
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That's the plan. That's why I had the bike safe course and why I intend to do more training. Thanks for the advice
Opinions are like A**holes, Everyone has one. Some people seem to have more than one though which is a bit odd.