Originally Posted by Niles H.
It is dangerous to presume that one's skills, however evolved, are infallible or perfect.
Even the most experienced and skillful cyclists still make mistakes.
Throw any cyclist a few curve balls and see how perfect his batting average is. Cyclists, including VCers, are often somewhat athletic, but far from perfectly athletic. Put them out in the real world, in a variety of fast-breaking difficult (hardball) situations, and see how perfectly they respond. See what their reaction times are.
See how some of their theories fall apart completely.
Perfect competence, e.g., achieving 100 on Forester's test, is not required to be competent (only 70% is required).
There are VCers playing "hardball" in every corner of the world, including all over the U.S.