Still a newbie rider

[unfazed]

Whatever your happiest with, I know many who use that technique.
I prefer to use all the gears and drop them going into the bends as I need them even when caning it.
Each to his own. Learning to read the road and using the vanishing point is the probably the most difficult thing to learn but worth it weight in gold when riding fast.

Glad to see your enjoying yourself, take care.