hobbes3
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I crashed 4 and 6 both downhill turns.
How is your bp? Are you dragging knee and off bike?
I'm definitely still learning a lot about body positioning. Ironically I got my knee down for the first time that day before lunch. I got it down very shortly for like 1-2 seconds on turn 6, the carousel, but I got it down consistently on that turn that day.
+1
I took a screenshot of where you started adding throttle in the video (see below). That's like 50+ feet before you should be on the throttle. The rider that passed you isn't even past the apex yet in the screenshot.
Tim Scarrott (former AFM racer) has maps of all the AFM tracks with lines and detailed notes hosted on his website that I have found helpful over the years.
Nice! Thanks for those links. I've seen them before but never had a chance to review it on my computer.
As for adding throttle, I'm a bit confused. I know people say when you trail brake you don't add throttle until you get past the apex, people also say to add slight acceleration throughout the turn. I assume that during trail braking releasing the brakes slowly toward the apex increases acceleration too?
When I was adding throttle there, I was definitely adding minor acceleration. In fact, I have a bad habit of not cranking it open right before the straights.
Basically, I'm asking if I wasn't adding more lean during the turn then it would have been correct to continue with the acceleration like I was doing in the video, right?