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[weeksy2]

It wasn't my thread.... i didn't start the 'is TP good enough' that was Tetol.

I'm not doing anything other than asking the same sodding questions other people are asking too..

This place is often a damn irritation to me.... if you all climbed out of eachothers ar53holes every now and again and said what you were thinking, we might even be able to have a discussion without people getting all uppity.

[antonye]

Originally posted by weeksy2
Can questions like that be answered without a lot of experience ?

Of course it can - experience is not the same thing as knowledge!

Many, many top level racers are not able to explain why a bike does certain things but they know how to react to it. They come back into the pits and tell the suspension expert, or the tyre expert, or the fuel mapping expert exactly what they felt and the expert then interprets that into a solution.

[weeksy2]

Originally posted by antonye

Of course it can - experience is not the same thing as knowledge!

Many, many top level racers are not able to explain why a bike does certain things but they know how to react to it. They come back into the pits and tell the suspension expert, or the tyre expert, or the fuel mapping expert exactly what they felt and the expert then interprets that into a solution.

and the fuel/tyre/mapping expert has both extensive knowledge and experience ? of course....

[antonye]

Originally posted by weeksy2

and the fuel/tyre/mapping expert has both extensive knowledge and experience ? of course....

...not riding a bike, otherwise they'd be in the hot seat?

You've just answered your own question there Steve - the experts have knowledge that is enough to provide a solution *without* having the experience of riding round a track.

[andyb]

Those that can do,...................







sorry i couldnt resist!

[weeksy2]

Originally posted by antonye

...not riding a bike, otherwise they'd be in the hot seat?

You've just answered your own question there Steve - the experts have knowledge that is enough to provide a solution *without* having the experience of riding round a track.

Mannnn i give up totally....

either you're being dense or i'm not phrasing it correctly here.... i'm not sure which is the case but i've got better things to do than really give a monkeys either way.

[andyb]

Stick to level 1 Steve,.....you wont need no bling brakes!

[antonye]

Originally posted by andyb
Those that can do,...................

sorry i couldnt resist!

Not too sure if that was aimed at me or weeksy really Andy, as I've already got one trophy for a podium at Brands Hatch this year...

[chicken]

Originally posted by weeksy2
This place is often a damn irritation to me.... if you all climbed out of eachothers ar53holes every now and again and said what you were thinking, we might even be able to have a discussion without people getting all uppity.

I was halfway through crafting a long and detailed response to this. Then I re-read your post and just thought "whatever"....

[andyb]

Originally posted by antonye

Not too sure if that was aimed at me or weeksy really Andy, as I've already got one trophy for a podium at Brands Hatch this year...

It wasnt aimed at all! Just seemed a good time to add it in.

Now youve got a trophy, you moving up classes then?