Originally Posted by
Voodoo76
Ideally you find a small industrial park or other loop that's deserted on weekends, and have a buddy with a motorcycle. Great way to get a lot of cornering (and speed work) in.
This sounds like a great idea.
The best practice I have for cornering at speed is to do crits. It's a bit on the expensive side, but it works wonders.
I remember my first crit, a master's 3/4/5 race. I was constantly accelerating out of the corners to catch back on. I slowly lost position throughout the race until the last lap, I had nothing left when they wound it up for the sprint. I rolled across the line at the back of the pack.
But, I learned quickly. After a couple more, I could corner with anyone and would consistently be at the front into the last lap (only contested the sprints when I hadn't burned too many matches going at primes, etc
)