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Originally Posted by CheeseHeadNinja
Really caught me off guard..  I didn't feel like I entered the turn any faster than normal, nor do I remember gassing it out any harder than usual. It was totally a surprise when I lost the back end. Not sure what happened.  I wouldn't be as upset if I knew what I did so I could learn from it. I'm assuming the only thing that it could have been was A) Gassed it too hard while coming out B) Tires not warmed up enough C) Hit something on the track (probably not this but who knows). |
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D) You repositioned your body while leaned over, upset the suspension and the rear lost traction?
The one time I came close to crashing at the track was because I decided to hang off some more while I was in mid-turn. Moving my body weight unloaded the suspension just enough to cause the rear tire to slide and then hook up again. If you need to turn sharper in mid-turn I believe the correct way is to drop your inside shoulder a bit (I think Tweek described this as a hook-turn from his CSS school sessions).
Anyway, glad to hear you're ok, it could be a number of reasons, maybe you just hit a different area of the turn that had less traction.