We're going to yell at you?: I got yelled at and it feels like crap :(.
03-18-08, 04:58 AM
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I always pushed "track awareness" -- building and continuously updating a picture of the entire track surface including everyone on it. That way you're never caught by surprise, which is even more important in the age of the rampant dumbass.
As for getting fined for looking around while riding the track? Makes me glad I never rode in Australia, as that's one of the dumber things I've heard.
As for getting fined for looking around while riding the track? Makes me glad I never rode in Australia, as that's one of the dumber things I've heard.
There's a difference between having a glance and looking around not concentrating or watching where you are going. Plus a Gary Neiwand or Dean Woods would get away with more than a B grader or schoolboy. Perhaps I should have been clearer.
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03-18-08, 06:41 PM
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My point is that we should we should be teaching riders to have the skills of a Neiwand or a Woods rather than just saying "We can't expect them to be any good so let's just forbid them from doing anything."
03-19-08, 03:50 PM
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Don't quit because you think you'll get passed. It's their job to come around you. Make them do their job. Another thing to keep in mind. You were off the front for a lap or two with him in tow yet he never once offered to take a pull (and in the process let you know you're not alone). Yet you pulling off him cost HIM the race. In other words he was just fine letting you do all the work and pipping you at the line. You didn't cost him the race. His lack of effort cost him the race. Some might say if a guy is willing to pull you all the way let him. Fine, but don't blame the guy when he dies because you didn't help.
Get your butt back out there and race.
Get your butt back out there and race.
+1.
(like Dubb said) in a race it's their job to come around you. If this kid wanted to win he should have used his head, and mouth more effectively.
