FLCC> Tuesday night -- another awesome outing!

[Sandy and Don Fitterer]

Sorry about the spelling Domenic. The way I learned to become good at corners was to ride and race motorcycles for 10 years, ride and race mtn bikes for 10 years, ride and race with Ernie and Glenn and others of their ilk for 10 years (this is 30 consecutive years).

Crashing a bunch helps reinforce that certain tactics don't work.

Good luck...

Don
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Domenic Bugge 
  To: Donal Fitterer 
  Cc: flcc at icycle.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:02 PM
  Subject: Re: FLCC> Tuesday night -- another awesome outing!


  The name is spelled Domenic by the way (for future reference, no big deal). I would like to comment on our discussion of "the corner". 

  You said a good tactic to avoid any accidents is: if you are good at taking corners,  break off to the front of the pack before entering the corner. The strategy is that if there is a accident you wont be caught in it. 

  My question is, what skills must one possess before they can say "I am good at taking corners"?

   
  On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Donal Fitterer <DonalFitterer at vectormagnetics.com> wrote:

    The parking lot was full last night with many new and seasoned riders eager to get on the road. Daniel K took on the leadership role in Glenn's absence. We had a quick set of announcements and I stated that my group was heading to B-dale for some yellow diamond sprints and I wanted the same group that I had last week. Daniel seconded my emotion.

    As Sara was begging for Hollenbeck  volunteers I noticed that my front brake cable was slipping. I asked Aqua Man (aka Nick R) for an allen key and instantly busted the binder bolt! No front brakes for me!

    I moved off to the side with my arm in the air to gather my group and was immediately surrounded by a bunch of guy racer types in full kits asking where I was going again and what I was planning. Stan "the Man" and Jim "Lips" Metzger came to my rescue and took off with the testosterone fueled group towards our flat race venue.



    Ruth, Christine, Beth, Aileen, Daniel and I clustered up and waited for riders ahead of us to exit the lot. A young man named Dominique was a new enough newbie to gain access to our exclusive club. We headed out Pine Tree and I had to soft pedal to keep from catching Stan and Jim's group. Once on Rt 79   we started a double pace line. Again, we had to slow down because the other group was dawdling. This was probably caused by the fact that Stan hasn't been on his bike for 2 years.



    We stopped near the sand pits just before our normal starting place and reviewed what we had learned last week. We then discussed the art of sprinting (in which I readily admit I am not very successful). I leave a summary of the lesson plan to Christine as homework. Hopefully, she will present what she heard to the list which should be fodder for interesting discussions.



    Our plan was to have a group of 3 or 4 riders (with Dan in one group and me in another) pace line in front of the sprinter group. When a yellow diamond was spied either I or Daniel would lead out the sprinters who would then decide when they wanted to come around the lead out man. This worked fairly well in the beginning. I had Aileen, Christine and Beth in my group. Christine was top dog at the beginning. Aileen and Chris had one awesome sprint trading the lead 3 time before Christine took the win by inches. Beth was uncatchable once we hit the flats on Coddington. Cracker Jacks Rueckheim joined us just as we got up to Coddington.



    Daniel will have to fill in what went on with his group. I do know that Ruth spanked Mr Jack when they faced off one on one. 



    Before we went on to Coddington we stopped and discussed how to take the corner. The short answer is not to race the corner and allow the group to come around safely before sprinting off. Again, it would be great if one of the listeners shared what they heard. 



    Everyone was pretty toasted by the end of the ride especially since I had them climb up the 11% grade on Burns Rd.



    A good time once again!



    Cheers,



    Don




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