Originally Posted by
carleton
Welcome to the forum and to the sport!
99% of your newbie question will be covered in this thread: <newbie thread>
Yup, I've inhaled that thread.
Originally Posted by
carleton
And last, and most importantly: When in doubt...hold your line. And never look back and see people approaching with speed and attempt to get out of their way. They are already planning on how to go over you. You'll simply just steer into them. I've seen that happen by new racers a lot.
When nothing needs to be done I'm definitely the man for the job. Sounds a lot like being on the road and hearing traffic approaching with no shoulder to dive on to.