Originally Posted by
jfmckenna
idk you may be right but I always blast right into the turn and brake hard to get to the right speed. Reason being if you brake to early and roll softly in then you are losing time. That and if you are in a group you want to be the first one into the corner.
Another practice technique for hairpins is to, well duh practice hairpins, but do it in such a way that you keep finding the point to which you fall. And you can only find that point if you fall. So fall a lot. Condidtions have a lot to do with it of course but once you know at what point it feels like you arre going to lose control the memorize it and take every single corner in a cross race just at that point.
Cross races are won and lost in the corners.
One piece of advice that I would add is to make sure to downshift, before entering the turn, so that you can get back up to speed quickly. Make a mental note, during warmup, which gear to use. I agree with the above post...gotta come in hot in the turn so that you don't lose too much momentum. However, the condition of corner will make a big difference on how you attack it