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Article: A lesson in smooth and balanced biking
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- September 9, 2009
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BIKE FEATURE CALIFORNIA SUPERBIKE SCHOOL : As GEOFF HILL finds
during his second round in the California Superbike School,
cornering is all in the mind
'WHOSE IDEA was this, anyway?" I muttered as I dragged myself out
of bed at 4am to ride from Belfast to Mondello for level two of the
California Superbike School.
"Yours, dear. As usual," said my wife, and went back to sleep.
Three hours later, having almost died of hypothermia, I climb
stiffly off the bike at Mondello to be greeted by Spidey, my
instructor. The school instructors are all called Spidey, Flash or
Hollywood, since bikers are simple creatures who do not need proper
names.
"Hello, Geoff! You look bloody freezing. Still got that ...