VOL. 52 ISSUE 36 SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 P71
(Below) Getting
chased around
Colin Edwards
fun but
wrecking
experience!
takes time. Many riders (in-
cluding me occasionally) rush
into the corner in a flurry of late
braking without thinking where
they're going to end up. That's
fine if you're being cheeky and
block passing someone but is
next to useless anywhere else.
Setting the bike up so you're
riding on the exact line that
makes the corner shorter and
the straight longer is one of
the main aims of the camp—get
it in the corner, cut tight and
power out as fast as possible.
Having low-powered bikes
makes this style even more
important, as you don't have
the horsepower to make up the
time you've lost down the next
straight. And as my tutor Jake
Johnson says, "These are prob-
ably the worst handling bikes
you can get, so when you get
the style right on this, when you
get onto something that actu-
ally handles you'll be that much
faster."
WHAT'S IN STORE
AT THE TTBC?
Campers who rock up to the
Texas Tornado Boot Camp
are in for four days of intense
riding, socializing, great food,
firing the odd gun if they like
and going home a better rider
than when they came, with
a few email addresses and
Facebook contacts of some
new buddies.
Following a welcome
speech after lunch on day
rather than entry. Knowing
where you're going is more
important than knowing where
you are, as Colin explains.
"We don't go to a track and
learn where to brake, we learn
where to exit the corner," he
says. "I would say we prob-
ably are completely opposite
of most schools. Most schools
talk about corner entry, when
in reality the exit is the first
thing you need to know. Are
you going onto a straightaway
or are you going onto a little
switchback left/right?"
Trying to remember this
THIS IS
THE COLIN
EDWARDS
TEXAS TORNADO
BOOT CAMP.
Y'KNOW, THE
DIRT TRACK
ONE ROSSI AND
ESPARGARO LIKE
TO HANG OUT AT.
AND IF YOU'VE
GOT A BUCKET
LIST, YOU'VE NOW
GOT ANOTHER
ADDITION TO IT!
