| YES, YES and YES again! IMHO that is.
I finally gave up road riding last year after some 34 years and quite a few knocks. I found that the more track riding I did, the faster I travelled on the road simply becuase it felt well within my own limits and those of the bike. HOWEVER it took no account of other road users, the truly sh**ty state of the road surface, and the assorted c**p that truckies and farmers lay down just to catch us out.
I tired hard to slow things down a bit to take account of the above, but then found that I was quite simply bored, not to mention occasionally frightened by some of the antics of various other road users.
I had already stopped riding with various friends because I was pushing them well beyond their normal limits, and did not want to be responsible should they have an off chasing me. I gave up riding with another friend because he was always out to prove how fast he was off track and didn't want to be the one to peel him off the front of an artic.
So to sum up, track time has definately put a stop to my road riding simply because I felt I was too fast for the road.  |