Originally Posted by
recursive
I'm just asking the question. Clearly there is more braking in the 5 field than the pro field. I don't understand why that is the case. And I don't see why it's not a legitimate tactic, which is not to say that it's an effective one.
Hello,
Why isn't it legitimate? Causing people to crash may be one reason.
Granted, people following are supposed to be protecting their front wheels and paying attention, but a pack of riders screaming into a corner that they know they can easily take at 25 MPH and then some yahoo at the front decides to brake-check the guy behind him as a tactic causing massive accordion effect and a crash? If you're the brake-check guy you better have your car pre-packed at the end of the race.
Why do people legitimately brake going into a corner? Because they don't have the skills to corner fast.
Better tactic for the leader going into a corner to make the guy behind work more? Learn how to corner fast and attack coming out of the corner.