Originally Posted by
Bandera
BTW: In what way does "general urban escapades" differ functionally from a club rider getting out of the city safely onto a local training route on his/her FG machine?
Do you do interesting tricks and provide other entertainment?
This could be highly diverting.
-Bandera
Yes as a matter of fact, I engage in circuslike activity, you guessed it.
But in all seriousness, I said it before, if you're riding to train, you want to use all of your energy actually moving the bike, not stopping it. Especially if you're a track cyclist in which there's no backpedaling taking place when you're going 25-30mph surrounded by other riders going just as fast, backpedaling/skidding isn't a skill that's of the utmost importance