Racing lines round corners

[jamma]

i am having trouble with cornering on the local circuit as i always come off and go onto the grass and the last race i crashed into the F@&king fence but managed to cross the line in 10th.

i have included a picture of the corner and the coloured line is how i am going round the corner.
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(edited the picture so we all know which way i go when racing )

 

[bikingdad90]

Anticlockwise if I recall? Do you lift your pedal up on the lean side and push down on the the other pedal?

If you need to make a tight turn, quickly turn into the turn and then back again. This throws the body and makes the line tighter. It's counter intuitive and hard to master but works especially if you get cut up.

 

[jamma]

What line did the people who finished 1,2,&3 take?

not sure as i was at the back just concentrating trying to move up the pack

 

[smutchin]

Best bet is to watch the rider in front of you and try to follow their line - assuming they're not crashing as well.

Keep the hands in the drops and the left pedal in the 6 o'clock position. Lean into the turn as far as you dare, and then lean a little bit more.

 

[vickster]

Don't you have a coach who should be coaching you on technique for this sort of stuff?

 

[Jody]

Which part of the corner are you coming off. Line looks OK being a double apex but it will tighten up on exit of the second. If its the second part go deeper in before turning, assuming clockwise.

 

[jamma]

Anticlockwise if I recall? Do you lift your pedal up on the lean side and push down on the the other pedal?

If you need to make a tight turn, quickly turn into the turn and then back again. This throws the body and makes the line tighter. It's counter intuitive and hard to master but works especially if you get cut up.

i keep the pedal on the inside of the corner up an put most of my weight though the other pedal and the drop closer to the corner for more grip

 

[smutchin]

Anticlockwise if I recall?

I was assuming clockwise looking at the pic, but if it's anti, keep the right pedal in the 6 o'clock position.

 

[jamma]

Don't you have a coach who should be coaching you on technique for this sort of stuff?

i do but at the moment he is over in europe racing UCI 1.1 and 1.2 races plus the course is closed for a few weeks while the sports centre build another 6 football pitches

 

[si_c]

It might just be you're the anti-zoolander.

 

[bikingdad90]

My approach having ridden the track is to make the second turn shallower by going out wide off the straight and then swing in (closing the door), this means you can carry the speed through the bend and accelerate out into the chicane. I have not done it racing though so it may not be possible with a peleton. Try and think of it as long curve rather than two bends if that makes sense?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Do you lift your pedal up on the lean side and push down on the the other pedal?

Draw a free diagram force body of what you've said above and another one for the antithesis of it. You'll see that they are both the same. This type of thing is written in bike magazines by people who don't bother to draw such force body diagrams or don't know how to.

I have to assume that you are not asking the most basic of questions which is: Was your lean side pedal up and the other one down? There is a difference.

 

[oldfatfool]

Could have become psychlogical and you are looking at the point you come off at. There is much truth inthe saying look were you are going or in your case were you want to go. Unless you are beyond the physics of the manouvre you will go were you are looking.

 

[S-Express]

You only have a racing line if you are riding alone. In a bunch, the route through a corner is dictated by those around you. No other answer is relevant.

 

[zizou]

If it's in a race then forget about the racing line (unless you are on the front). Your focus should be on holding your line relative to those around you - more likely than not you wont be able get the ideal line that you would want to take if riding solo.