always go with it (and stop) fighting it is what puts you on the ground
On Saturday, December 21, 2013 4:51:10 PM UTC-6, Jim Bronson wrote:
Why is it that when you get too close to the right edge of the road, it's
hard to pull it back?
I had a little brief off road excursion on one of my
I find the best strategy is not going into the ditch. I do three things
that consistently help. One, I don't ride close to the edge, not so much
because I fear the edge but because I want to have room to move over when a
careless driver in a truck or big honking SUV passes too close. Second,
Yes, the most basic rule for bicycling and motorcycling is the same - look
to where you want to go. The flip side of that is that, when you look at
(fixate on) the pothole or ditch or oncoming vehicle, you WILL ride into
it. When I'm riding twisty roads, on either machine, one trick I use when
I did much the same on yesterday's pre-dawn ride. without daylight, I could
distinguish between traction-sand spread during our last snow and the edge.
The shoulder got suddenly narrower and I was off into the well rutted dirt.
I stopped, walked my bike back onto asphalt, and went on my way. It
Oh, I rode it back on the pavement, but at a much slower speed. It was a
really nice ditch, as far as ditches go.
Questionable decision, I know.
On Saturday, December 21, 2013, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On 12/21/2013 05:51 PM, Jim Bronson wrote:
Why is it that when you get too close to the
