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    • Crucial
      Crucial last edited by Duluth

      Wow! Scotty McL smashed the lap record at the mountain in the top ten shootout.
      It was one of the most on edge drives I have ever seen. More like rallying at 300kph
      That mountain has to be the best race track in world.

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      • antipodean
        antipodean last edited by

        Watch the lap here.

        Unless you've been across the top of the mountain, you can't get a sense of how amazing it is to race there. For a complete track I prefer Spa and the Ring...

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        • NTA
          NTA last edited by

          Please change the thread title to the correct spelling:

          BEFFURST!!!

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          • Crucial
            Crucial @antipodean last edited by

            @antipodean said in Bathurst:

            Watch the lap here.

            Unless you've been across the top of the mountain, you can't get a sense of how amazing it is to race there. For a complete track I prefer Spa and the Ring...

            Yeah, I've driven around a couple of times and coming down in a road vehicle you have your foot on the brake the whole way. That these guys drive down at that speed is mind boggling.

            The race itself always comes down to huge dollops of luck but that single lap was awesome

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            • NTA
              NTA @Crucial last edited by

              @crucial the drop off the peak of the mountain is scary enough in a road car going 70. Can't see shit.

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              • Crucial
                Crucial @NTA last edited by

                @nta said in Bathurst:

                @crucial the drop off the peak of the mountain is scary enough in a road car going 70. Can't see shit.

                Yep. So scary I went back for another go, then the wife had a crack too

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                • Kruse
                  Kruse @Crucial last edited by

                  @crucial said in Bathurst:

                  @antipodean said in Bathurst:

                  Watch the lap here.

                  Unless you've been across the top of the mountain, you can't get a sense of how amazing it is to race there. For a complete track I prefer Spa and the Ring...

                  Yeah, I've driven around a couple of times and coming down in a road vehicle you have your foot on the brake the whole way. That these guys drive down at that speed is mind boggling.

                  The whole "downhill is harder than uphill" mantra is bullshit, until it comes to driving/riding. On the motorbike, with a fairly steep downhill slope and very twisty corners, I've had cyclists thinking about passing me. Embarassing.

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                  • SynicBast
                    SynicBast @Kruse last edited by

                    @kruse said in Bathurst:

                    The whole "downhill is harder than uphill" mantra is bullshit, until it comes to driving/riding. On the motorbike, with a fairly steep downhill slope and very twisty corners, I've had cyclists thinking about passing me. Embarassing.

                    If you've ever watched some of the descents on the major cycling tours, you'll see the motorcycle cameras backing off all the time as the riders go down hill way faster than a motorbike can safely manoeuvre. I've passed a few motobikes downhill in my time - it's just the reality of twisty narrow downhill courses.

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                    • NTA
                      NTA @SynicBast last edited by NTA

                      @synicbast is that due to the difference in weight? I mean as the major weight component / centre of gravity I suppose a cyclist can "feel" things a bit more. I dunno. Fastest I've been on a pushie is about 60km/h - in a straight line, down a hill I knew well, in suburbia.

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                      • SynicBast
                        SynicBast @NTA last edited by

                        @nta yeah you can change your line far faster on a cycle and make lots of finer adjustments that correlate to more speed or savings in drag that take effect almost instantaneously compared to on a motorbike. And downhill is all about maintaining momentum - the really good descenders (read complete lunatics) hardly brake at all - you cannot do that on a motorbike and hope to walk away on the Pyrenees or the alps.

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                        • antipodean
                          antipodean last edited by

                          Nissan should have their own race midweek so they don't ruin it for everyone else.

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                          • Kruse
                            Kruse @SynicBast last edited by

                            @synicbast Cheers, that makes me feel slightly better about myself.

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