It's soooo good. just got back from mine in taplow - left home at 7.30am got back at 5.00pm you learn so much in a very positive and supportive environment you meet some really interesting folks - i was in a group of 8 and we went out with our assessors in pairs for a 70m trip at the end you get some written feedback and about 2 stops during the ride to switch the lead. they dont hang about and the phrase 'pushing on' is oft cited and well observed! i was the youngest and most inexperienced rider and a few of the group had done iam and rospa courses and several bikesafe courses at £65 its far too cheap and even the goody bag is super useful ill make a point of doing it yearly - where else do you get an assisted ride with an experienced specialist for such cheap monies? get it booked!
You missed the point. Bike safe is about riding on the road with other traffic. Something track instruction will do nothing for. Andy
One thing to add though is that all the bike safe instructors, IaM, rosper etc that ive known or ridden with bar maybe one or two have been utterly shite riders. I can see it serving a purpose to a degree for those who are very green
i think to some extent they are mutually exclusive and i dont expect my track instruction will cover all the same bases and vice versa. i will also get track instruction
Fella, riding on UK roads is a piss. Whoever thinks they need to pay extra moneys to be tought how to drive on the UK roads is better spend moneys on track. If you do it for insurance purposes, it's a different topic.
Free instruction is nothing more normally than some guy no better than your mate giving you feedback. Of sorts. And isn’t a big learning experience
It’s ain’t free, the fee is £65 is my understanding. I’m still undecided whether to go along should I get on a course.
I didn't say take a free NL instructor. Book 1 on 1 tuition with the likes of NotSoFast or Dean Ellison or Adam. Will cost more for sure, but track is ideal place to learn what bike is capable of, how to handle it and how to use your vision properly.
Agree with the pay thing not the track thing. Road is totally different. How you react on track and road is often different when an unexpected moment arises. Gravel, diesel, overgrown hedges, two sides of the road, changing conditions with no change in tyres. Having ridden with lots of racers and road-experts over the years, one does not easily convert to the other. A fast road rider will leave a fast track rider in most normal road circumstances. And on track fast road doesn’t transmit to fast track
Why? I've been riding for 39yrs non stop (not literally) and whilst I undoubtedly could learn a thing or two, Ive managed so far not to kill myself or anyone else. Its track skills I could use more than road skills. Furthermore, it appears to me that all my most recent mishaps happened at between 0-5mph. Which is down to concentration and/or u turning plumbers.
All what you described is present on track in form of other people, oil, rain and etc. Track is good because you learn to see and react fast to constantly changing surroundings. Riding in wet is essential too I would say.
