Originally Posted by
silversx80
Seems your memory is a bit short. Also, I'm not agreeing with you on your premise. You stated that these riders would benefit. I say they could. There is a significant difference in the meaning of those words, and they do not agree with each other in this case.
Stop the madness. Just.... stop.
Originally Posted by
silversx80
I've raced bicycles. I've pushed my bike to the limit of a 23mm wide tire, heading down a 15% grade on a decreasing-radius turn while my heart was screaming at over 200 bmp. I've melted rim-brake pads. I've managed to save 2-wheel skids while cornering at 35 mph. I know what it's like to push the limits of a bicycle, and I know it's a different world than pushing a motorcycle to its own limits. So, who's lecturing who?
I've gone down mountain roads with curves at over 50mph. You don't need to race to experience that. And unlike you, I have experience with motorcycles. So basically I'm speaking from experience and you aren't.
Going through curves on two wheels is the same weather your ride has a gasoline engine or not. No, obviously you're not going to drag a knee on a bicycle but everything is the same. Braking points, lines, it's all the same.
How many cyclists know what target fixation is? Most, including you, would have to google the term to learn what it is. Almost every mountain stage I watch I see professionals going off the road because they get an obvious case of target fixation. And target fixation is actually the biggest cause of motorcycle accidents (you learn that at the motorcycle safety course which you've never been to). When you go to a track day you hit curve after curve after curve. A lot of times you're cornering no faster than a guy would on a bicycle. But you get repetition and muscle memory and it 100% translates to bicycles. You don't know this because you have no experience.