ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I'd taken Yellow Fang to mean that he couldn't physically go fast enough on a fairly gentle non-technical descent. The technical stuff is something else altogether.
Fast technical descending requires two things - skill and courage, and I don't have enough of either! A mate of mine does, and it is scary but fascinating to watch him in action. I can't believe how far he banks over sometimes... When we first started riding together I used my lard-power to gain about 200 metres on him on a long descent which led to some bends further down. I was braking way in advance of a tight left-hander when suddenly the Kamikaze nutter dived past on my inside and just laid his bike over. I was so shocked that I went straight on and almost hit the wall opposite. After that I always chose to follow him downhill.
Fast technical descending requires two things - skill and courage, and I don't have enough of either! A mate of mine does, and it is scary but fascinating to watch him in action. I can't believe how far he banks over sometimes... When we first started riding together I used my lard-power to gain about 200 metres on him on a long descent which led to some bends further down. I was braking way in advance of a tight left-hander when suddenly the Kamikaze nutter dived past on my inside and just laid his bike over. I was so shocked that I went straight on and almost hit the wall opposite. After that I always chose to follow him downhill.