Staying alive cornering tips needed?

[Skub]

Or perhaps this should be in the cycling forum. YouTube link to a vid.

[Rockburner]

Or perhaps this should be in the cycling forum. YouTube link to a vid.

Some behaviour modification certainly wouldn't go amiss. Thats another cyclist who now vehemently hates bikers.

[JackyJoll]

Not good to have footage of you like that on YouTube!

[Horse]

IIRC the TdF motorcyclists have trouble staying with the riders heading downhill.

However ... that lead rider is grim and embarrassing.

[Supermofo]

At the point the cyclist came passed I'd have got off and ritually committed suicide. Its the only way to maintain honour.

[Dodgy69]

Front motorcycle not good.

[The Spin Doctor]

IIRC the TdF motorcyclists have trouble staying with the riders heading downhill.

However ... that lead rider is grim and embarrassing.

Not just TdF motorcyclists!

I was a member of the National Motorcycle Escort Group for a time and marshalled a number of races including an international under-23 event. One circuit had a fairly steep and twisty downhill section - I was well aware I needed to be some distance ahead of the race as I went over the top, but I really didn't expect the leaders to come past me about a third of the way down!

And I wasn't hanging about either. Next lap, I was MUCH further in front.

And yes, that first rider is awful.

[Scootabout]

IIRC the TdF motorcyclists have trouble staying with the riders heading downhill.

However ... that lead rider is grim and embarrassing.

Not just TdF motorcyclists!

I was a member of the National Motorcycle Escort Group for a time and marshalled a number of races including an international under-23 event. One circuit had a fairly steep and twisty downhill section - I was well aware I needed to be some distance ahead of the race as I went over the top, but I really didn't expect the leaders to come past me about a third of the way down!

And I wasn't hanging about either. Next lap, I was MUCH further in front.

And yes, that first rider is awful.

Yes, I was told the same thing by a group of escort riders while we are all waiting for the ferry once. They also said that if you're at the front you need to be *very* aware of a possible "break" (if that's the term), because if you aren't you'll be surrounded by a big group of riders very quickly.

[Trinity765]

This video is way too embarrassing to watch more than once. I want to believe this is the first time this person has ridden a bike and perhaps when someone told them about road positioning in corners they got their left and rights mixed up. I hope they is still alive.