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[QUOTE="robwbright, post: 1302550, member: 60515"] I'm a "youngun" here at age 36, but I've been back to riding for 3 years after a 15 year layoff. I could certainly ride faster than I do, but I don't like hitting the ground - and my wife and child (and my boss) don't like it when I hit the ground, either. It sucks to be racing at 36 against 17 year olds, but you just kind of have to deal with the fact that they're usually going to beat you - even if you might be a better technical rider. The 17 year olds are also going to recover much quicker from injuries. Having broken my wrist without even crashing (fork problem and my first serious injury in 30 years of playing sports) I discovered that I'd rather be on the bike at 80-90% of my potential speed than in a cast for weeks or months after riding at 100% speed. And I always seem to land "nose high" since the wrist problem. Even with Flex bars, I haven't been able to stop the subconscious over-compensation. At the county fair race Saturday, there was a jump - sort of a double-double or triple-single with the second and third jumps being progressively higher than the take off. (See pic link below - the guy on the right of the pic in the background is standing on the take off). I didn't step it off, but I'd guess it was 65 feet from take off to landing on the third jump. 20 years ago there's no question I'd have went for it. I didn't even think about it seriously on Saturday. I could have made it, but it's not worth the risk to me. [IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w134/robwbright/100_2361.jpg[/IMG] While I really enjoy racing, I'm getting to the point where I prefer to just go to the track for open practice and ride for 3-4 hours. I can get 2 hours of seat time in 4 hours of practice, but at the race I get 40 minutes of seat time in 6+ hours - and the racing costs 2-3 times as much. Here are several other pics from the race. My results were terrible. Oh well. . . [IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w134/robwbright/100_2291.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w134/robwbright/100_2305.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w134/robwbright/100_2311.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w134/robwbright/100_2352.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w134/robwbright/100_2285.jpg[/IMG] Also check out these two pics from the race a month ago. . . A guy ran into me in the first corner and I had to pick up the bike and ride off the track before coming back on. [IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w134/robwbright/100_1917.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w134/robwbright/100_1918.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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