Here we go again. Hope "technique" is the right place.
So I've been riding all summer. Doing well on the street, and trying to get better in the canyons. Pushing myself as much as I can within the limits of safety to get faster and more agile. Baby steps!
Bob's track day is quickly approaching and although I have signed up to be there I am afraid. I am afraid of being among so many stellar riders, and feeling like I have no place there.
I have done the Track Cert with Joe (who bless his heart, taught me tons). I do not have a track bike yet.
In another thread somebody mentioned that getting accustomed to the track helps in your ability on the street. That it is a transferrable skill. I HIGHLY agree (given the whole one time I did the track). Each time I've done a canyon, Joe's words on the track still resonate with me.
I will be at the track with my bike. Because as much as flag girl rocks, I just wanted my bike all day long. I will be ridiculously slow, overly cautious and full-on-short-bus-retarded. But that's okay.
So how do I learn to get off the seat, get my butt around turn seven, without crashing myself? How do I make myself do it knowing that I could crash just pushing myself to get off the seat? How do I learn this skill and somehow still save my sunshine from wrecking?
Okay, BRING IT!