FWIW:
I recently went for a four day riding weekend to meet a college buddy of mine who was riding up to visit. We each had two days of riding to the meeting spot, although his two days were longer than mine, and two easy days to get to my home.
About halfway through the third day we're on this nice curvey mountain road and I'm following him through some twisties. At the apex of one particular 30mph posted corner, he begins to slow instead of accelerating out of the corner. He slows to about 25 to 30mph as he's pulling to the edge of the road and then just coasts off onto the shoulder and lowsides in the gravel. His VTR spins 360 degrees back onto the pavement right in front of me and I climb on the binders so I don't run it over. As I'm watching this I'm thinking "What the F#!*!?" He's no pro racer but he's definitely not a newbie. He jumped up and was fine and the bike was luckily rideable. It turns out he had just put his Jardine slipons on the day before he came up and he kept hearing something rattling when he was taking corners. He heard it rattling in this particular corner so he decided to pull over and check it out. He was so fatigued from the previous two days that he started looking down at the bike while he was still doing 30 or so and rode right off the road. He couldn't believe how dumb this was. It was his first wreck in 9 years and it was totally stupid. Anyway, I've also had a BIG getoff that I can blame on fatigue and lack of concentration. My point is that long rides or lack of sleep or feeling ill etc... can cause fatigue and it definitely effects your concentration and the way you think. So please be selfaware and know when you're not 100% and adjust your pace accordingly. Sorry this is so long.
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If you're gonna ride a couch, why not just stay home?
I recently went for a four day riding weekend to meet a college buddy of mine who was riding up to visit. We each had two days of riding to the meeting spot, although his two days were longer than mine, and two easy days to get to my home.
About halfway through the third day we're on this nice curvey mountain road and I'm following him through some twisties. At the apex of one particular 30mph posted corner, he begins to slow instead of accelerating out of the corner. He slows to about 25 to 30mph as he's pulling to the edge of the road and then just coasts off onto the shoulder and lowsides in the gravel. His VTR spins 360 degrees back onto the pavement right in front of me and I climb on the binders so I don't run it over. As I'm watching this I'm thinking "What the F#!*!?" He's no pro racer but he's definitely not a newbie. He jumped up and was fine and the bike was luckily rideable. It turns out he had just put his Jardine slipons on the day before he came up and he kept hearing something rattling when he was taking corners. He heard it rattling in this particular corner so he decided to pull over and check it out. He was so fatigued from the previous two days that he started looking down at the bike while he was still doing 30 or so and rode right off the road. He couldn't believe how dumb this was. It was his first wreck in 9 years and it was totally stupid. Anyway, I've also had a BIG getoff that I can blame on fatigue and lack of concentration. My point is that long rides or lack of sleep or feeling ill etc... can cause fatigue and it definitely effects your concentration and the way you think. So please be selfaware and know when you're not 100% and adjust your pace accordingly. Sorry this is so long.
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If you're gonna ride a couch, why not just stay home?