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How To: Blind, Lefthand Turns, on narrow, non-centerline painted roads (Stage Rd.)

Also, flip on the high beam. Helps to be seen. Rode Page Mill today and cages were coming across the line at the top of the hill where it's narrow, just assume that you've only got the right half, but the point made about the gravel toward the edge is a good one. Safety necessitates riding well below you're normal fun pace. It sucks, but just save that for the more open twisties. And even then I had a big wake-up on a leftie last weekend when an SUV was giving a bicycle some room and taking it out of my lane. Just be smooth at the bars, anticipate the worst, and work with what you've got. Sometimes it might be the last couple of inches of pavement and that's when you have to control where you're looking.
 
Surviving years of off road...one of my personal rules:
Go only as fast as you can see!

-Jeff
 
Good advice - thanks Gary! I just hate those SUV drivers who wanna ride big, and then can't handle a bike rider on the right, and end up cutting into your side - worst can't wait till a blind turn is over!!!!

These guys just need the finger salute, since I'm not sure if they even realize what they are doing!!!

On my part, I better stick to the right! :)
 
good point Fish
I have seen the situation you mentioned on mines and its a little different that teh default rule to stick to the right shoulder
for right turns

However for left turns i like the default rule which Gary mentioned
 
..hope this helps me on my next twisties ride my crash about a week ago still haunts/bugs me...i have to take that route again one of these days when i'm ready, right now i really don't feel like going yet, really sucks when u crash takes the confidence out...
 
Here's another great read by Gary that hasn't seen front page in a while.
:bump
 
Nice bump. :thumbup

One similar thing I'll practice is intentionally keeping my tires in the outside 1/3 of my lane on 'normal' roads in the hills that are marked with centerlines, particularly on nice weekend days. Once it saved my butt going to Alice's on 84 when another rider blew the turn and came down the middle of my lane.
 
mosquito said:
Once it saved my butt going to Alice's on 84 when another rider blew the turn and came down the middle of my lane.
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Yeah, just this past weekend, as I was going with my friend up Mt Hamilton. Upon the exit of a corner, I see a beemer cage driving with each wheel in the center of each lane coming down the straight without a care in the world :mad
If I wasn't in the right hand side of my lane, I could have been roadkill.
Consequently, the beemer was able to move back into his assigned lane before trying to spook my buddy behind me. :x

Needless to say, this is a great technique to practice :thumbup
 
k9gsxr600 said:
what time you gonna ride? i'll be riding too. seeya! :ride
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Sorry I missed your post, I was headed North between 1-2pm. Got to practice all this wonderful wisdom and it definitely saved me from some wide turning sport cars racing the opposite way :twofinger, assholes
 
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