Turn 3 is the one everyone always crash but if you have some skill and know it you will be fine, I am afraid of 4, its always wet and sandy, not sure if the residents pay a water truck to go by every day.
Snake Rd. turn 3 claims another victim
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The pavement only looks wet. Most of the time it is in shade and looks very weird.
I have to remind myself to look through turn 3 before I approach.
If you do this, it's actually a very nice turn.
When you stare at the guard rail, that turn sucks.
How many of us have found ourselves looking at that damn guard rail???
I have to remind myself to look through turn 3 before I approach.
If you do this, it's actually a very nice turn.
When you stare at the guard rail, that turn sucks.
How many of us have found ourselves looking at that damn guard rail???
I admit I don't go there often but every time I go it doesn't just look wet, it is and my back wheel spins.
RedDogDarren
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It's hard not to look at it. Although I'm usually too busy texting.
Use yor Crackberry's camera to video it, then look at it later.
Golluk
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I'm thinking he must have been going more than 35km/h through that turn, that is a crawling pace. I could be swerving around in my lane through that turn doing 35km/h.
I have caught myself freezing up briefly and looking at the guardrail before, but thankfully not long enough to be an issue. Its rare but unnerving when you feel like you don't have any control. I like sticking to 50-60 through there, leaves enough room to tighten up/avoid errant cars if need be.
The people who do 80+ are a little insane and above my balls/skill level.
I have caught myself freezing up briefly and looking at the guardrail before, but thankfully not long enough to be an issue. Its rare but unnerving when you feel like you don't have any control. I like sticking to 50-60 through there, leaves enough room to tighten up/avoid errant cars if need be.
The people who do 80+ are a little insane and above my balls/skill level.
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Metastable
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One thing no one has mentioned here is that even at the track APEXING TOO EARLY is a very big contributor to newbie crashes. You often need to be patient at the track too. This happens even on corners with 100% visibility. A good example is Turn 3 at Shannonville (both on Nelson and Fabi -> two different corners). Turn 3 Nelson isn't a decreasing radius corner, but I've seen lots of peeps go wide because they turned in too soon.
Hence another reason why track riding helps on the street. Many street riders don't even know they turn in too early .... and they do it frequently.
Hence another reason why track riding helps on the street. Many street riders don't even know they turn in too early .... and they do it frequently.
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Better examples would be turn 4 Nelson (decreasing radius) and turn 5 Nelson (tight). Both are places where people are likely to turn in early, then run off into the grass. Michel has a saying about the inverse relationship between pupil size and sphincter size, as speeds increase on the track.
One more thing to worry about (more so if you're running northbound). Saw 3 longboarders getting ticketed by a cop at the Monastery coming through on my way home Friday evening. You definitely wouldn't want to run over an errant board/street luge while leaned over in a corner, that's for sure.
lmao i noticed them a couple times now.....the one kid is nuts on that board...
