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Romans8:28
OK... teach me then....
What two things did I say that were "wrong" and better yet why (so I can understand)?
By my count I made 5 statements???? (So help me undersatnd what/which is/are wrong)
Thanks
Originally Posted by Romans8:28
Healthy fear (to a degree) IMO........
Many people who dismiss high speed descents as child's play, have not crashed hard yet.
BTW: Even good brakes suck on road bike, because you cant stop/slow quickly without a rubber to road contact patch of ample size (which our tires don't have).
I'd say most people here giving advice (at least the racers) have crashed hard at some point. We dismiss it because worrying about it doesn't help any, and you probably won't die, so don't worry about it. You're safer when you're calm and not death gripping the bars and freaking out.
And the contact patch isn't what's keeping us from stopping. It's the physics of not being able to keep from flipping over. You could be riding on a 38 inch wide tire, but you're still going to flip over the front before you lock up the front tire.