Originally Posted by
cyccommute
How not quickly do your think someone should corner? 5 mph? 1 mph? 15 mph? I have roads in my area where I can easily hit 50 mph and it's not straight. Do you suggest that we all slow down to 5 mph to go around every corner on this road? I agree that there are times to be prudent about speed and cornering. But you don't need to corner slowly all the time
Normal bends in a road is not a corner in my book. A T intersection is a corner. Taking intersection corner at 50 MPH is insane. I'm not going to suggest a speed just to say to take the corner at a prudent speed. There is no reason to push the limit.
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I don't buy your story that the guy crashed because he was cornering too fast. It sounds to me like he was doing something else thing wrong if he had enough speed to cross a parking lot and hit an obstruction and flip over his handlebars and crush his skull. Was he going 80 mph? His brakes weren't working? He fell asleep? Reading War and Peace? You make it sound like he traveled a good long distance before meeting his untimely end with plenty of time to do something.
You weren't there. I was. Are you suggesting I am lying?
He tried to take the corner too fast. That was what the ride organizers reported as the cause of the accident.
It would not be possible for him not to be paying attention. If he did then he would have gone straight and not made the turn.