Metzgesfeld at the 'ring...

Is an absolute bitch! Any suggestions on how to take this? Watching Greger, WW, etc. is all well and good, but I just can't put that damn corner together. So how do all you guys put it together? Using Ringtrainer is handy to be able to try repeatedly (albeit with cold tyres) but I think I'll go nuts if I screw up more laps at the one corner! I think the fact that the apex is hidden until you're pretty much on it is causing a lot of the problems, as well as the kink to the left. Trying to improve from my 8:57 could cause damage to my wheel soon... Cheers Rafe Mc

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 09:10:01 GMT, Rafe McAuliffe <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Is an absolute bitch! Any suggestions on how to take this? Watching >Greger, WW, etc. is all well and good, but I just can't put that damn >corner together. So how do all you guys put it together? > >Using Ringtrainer is handy to be able to try repeatedly (albeit with >cold tyres) but I think I'll go nuts if I screw up more laps at the >one corner! > >I think the fact that the apex is hidden until you're pretty much on >it is causing a lot of the problems, as well as the kink to the left. >Trying to improve from my 8:57 could cause damage to my wheel soon... >

I'm no Greger or Wolfi, but I've found a good braking point passing that little shed on the left side of the track. The left hander is actually much faster than you think at first, and if you turn in a bit earlier than later you usually have plenty of room to brake for the following 2nd/3rd gear left hander leading down into Kallenhard. Exiting Adenauerforst in 2nd I'm usually into fourth flat out approaching Metzgesfeld. Just make sure you stay on the right side of the track and watch for that little shed to come up. HTH, Uwe. -- Uwe Schuerkamp http://www.schuerkamp.de/ uwe.schuerkamp at telemedia.de for direct mail (from: is spambox) PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Thanks, I'll see how I go. I always tend to turn in a bit late since I'm unsighted for the apex, and by then its too late. Rafe Mc On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 10:15:56 +0200, [email hidden] (Uwe Schuerkamp) wrote:

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>On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 09:10:01 GMT, Rafe McAuliffe <[email hidden]> wrote: >>Is an absolute bitch! Any suggestions on how to take this? Watching >>Greger, WW, etc. is all well and good, but I just can't put that damn >>corner together. So how do all you guys put it together? >> >>Using Ringtrainer is handy to be able to try repeatedly (albeit with >>cold tyres) but I think I'll go nuts if I screw up more laps at the >>one corner! >> >>I think the fact that the apex is hidden until you're pretty much on >>it is causing a lot of the problems, as well as the kink to the left. >>Trying to improve from my 8:57 could cause damage to my wheel soon... >> > >I'm no Greger or Wolfi, but I've found a good braking point passing >that little shed on the left side of the track. The left hander is >actually much faster than you think at first, and if you turn in a bit >earlier than later you usually have plenty of room to brake for the >following 2nd/3rd gear left hander leading down into Kallenhard. > >Exiting Adenauerforst in 2nd I'm usually into fourth flat out >approaching Metzgesfeld. Just make sure you stay on the right side of >the track and watch for that little shed to come up. > > >HTH, > >Uwe.