Azrael
Junior Member
I've been riding for 8+ years now, and something that took me a lot of time to get over, was to stop getting fixated on and copying the line a rider in front of me took, specially on a long, sharp turn. This was especially dangerous on fast runs with unfamiliar and less experienced riders who would take terrible lines and in spite of myself would end up mimicking them.
The one major accident I've had in my life was at age 20 when I saw the dude in front of me go too fast into a turn, start leaning too slow, then realise it, and then grab a fistful of brakes and go down. I lost what seemed like an eternity mimicking him, then leaned over again for real this time and shifted down 2 gears hoping the skid would be controllable. It wasn't. Had only a busted rib, surprisingly and some very shredded clothing.
The one major accident I've had in my life was at age 20 when I saw the dude in front of me go too fast into a turn, start leaning too slow, then realise it, and then grab a fistful of brakes and go down. I lost what seemed like an eternity mimicking him, then leaned over again for real this time and shifted down 2 gears hoping the skid would be controllable. It wasn't. Had only a busted rib, surprisingly and some very shredded clothing.