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Old 01-29-08, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by elgalad
Hold your line, and follow the guy in front of you. If everything goes south do NOT panic. You'd be surprised how close you can get to wiping out and still keep the rubber on the road

Oh, and keep braking to a bare minimum.
True.

My second to last race last year: A pile up at the sprint. A bike in front of me is cartwheeling. I sat down but stayed my course and slowed my pedalling. The bike slammed into my right leg and bounced off. I stayed upright but lost a few places to end up 9th. Two guys went to the ER. I went home with dirty chamios.

It all happened in a few secoonds.
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