Originally Posted by helmets save
The biggest thing i am scared of is, finding that their is sand or dirt on the road at the bottom of the curve. Which will wipe you out unless you maintain a relatively straight line thru it. Any suggestions on that???
Keep a little something in reserve so that you can adjust your line and straighten up and lose speed *before* you hit the sand. You want to go through the sand with your wheels turning freely, not braking at all. I ride with some guys who don't understand that, and they scare the piss out of me when I wind up descending behind them -- because they ride their brakes on scary fast downhill curves on back roads with questionable surfaces.