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Originally posted by rockhopper
But what is wrong with a person who might well be on their very first trackday and has got lots of money buying a set of wets, slicks and tyre warmers? Does that make them a fast rider? Does the level of kit you have influence which group you should go in?
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Quite agree that there is nothing inherently wrong with having all the bells and whistles, and pottering around in the novices on Wets, but the situation I was remarking on was a bloke who was noticeably faster than everyone else in a group that varied from absolute novices to "mid-range" intermediates (it was a novice/inters & inters/fast two group event). When it comes to "close passing" and general track etiquette, I think there is a huge difference between what is acceptable in a novice group, what is acceptable in a pure inters group and what is acceptable in a fast group. When it is a two group event, you are bound to get a greater range of speed/ability in each group and, surely, if you place yourself in a group with novices in (potentially first track-dayers), you should abide by what is acceptable in a novices group, so I was just surprised that a bloke with the speed to run quite happily in an inters/fast group was doing going round with what he must have seen as a fair number of "mobile chicanes".