Agree with the other comments,thought provoking and well put together.
Everybody can improve their riding/driving.
Everybody can improve their riding/driving.
Thanks Giles. Excellent explanations and well written.
I leaned the 'looking without looking' techniqe to build peripheral vision when I was doing lots of martial arts, including Japanese sword work. So useful when riding.
FFS where does Japanese sword work come in useful while riding your 'bike
in my day it was lads in jeans on RD125's with far more bravado than skill
This video film of Adenauer Forst from the 70's shows how many first timers get caught out..... and have some bloody lucky escapes.... that might not be available closer to home.
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A response from another forum to a copy of Gile's piece made quite a good point:
If we can't see all of the road ahead there is a danger that our brains fill in the missing parts with what we think 'should' be there.
One good example of this is a section of track at the Nurburgring where most first timers get caught out, Adenauer Forst.
On the approach to Adenauer Forst the track looks like it goes to the right. One looks further up the track and it appears to continue to the right but it doesn't, there is a hidden very sharp left right in between what you can't actually see, causing so many drivers/riders to go into this section way too fast.
The driver's imagination has filled in the 'missing' gap of track that cannot be seen with a continuation of the curve to the right and Bingo! You get into trouble.
This video film of Adenauer Forst from the 70's shows how many first timers get caught out..... and have some bloody lucky escapes.... that might not be available closer to home.
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FFS where does Japanese sword work come in useful while riding your 'bike