looneyr1;152174 wrote: james –
my 2 cents.
You sir are misguided…
your original post rants about the people that keep me safe and able to go home to my family with a bike each time & in one piece. Your follow up post says you ask a simple question in your original post.. No you ask a question and then bash those who monitor our safety each day.
I have a lap timer… to monitor my lap times when i make line changes, shift point changes & brake mark changes… not to prove to myself that i go fast. Passing on the outside at t-bolt….1, 3c, 4, 5, 6, 9 are good…pick one...there are many.
There is a reason.. Amongst many that you did not get an a bump.. And honestly im thankful for all of them. I ride to enjoy the moment, the experience.. Knowing there are people like you on the track with me scares me.. Nothing is your “responsibility” in your mind.
As far as the crs that you mention in your original post. I know some of them. I respect their advice, decisions and their character is amongst the highest. Ask youself… what does a volunteer have to gain from cring and riding with us regulars..??? They gain appreciation and thanks when we give it.. Your original post diminishes all of that. Crs get paid nothing to be out there and help all of us. They pay their own fuel bill, tire bill and mechanical bill.. They pay it to watch us progress and enjoy the hobby they have grown to love as well… i have heard of crs burning as much as 30 gallons of fuel during a weekend cring….helping us…. And you trash that with your assumptions of just what they were doing.
Did you see the i group cr captain? Did you approach any of the folks you mention in your original post.. If you did..did you get an answer you didn’t like and that is why you posted up on the boards today like this?
I apologize for dramatizing this thread as i am usually very quiet but….. I could not let the bash go un answered. You bash some very good people.. Be it intentional or not.. You did it and it was wrong. Those volunteers do what they do to help each of us… that’s it. If you were almost in a confrontation with another rider over your riding.. A cr had to talk to you about certain techniques you were using maybe you need to look in the mirror and realize the common denominator.
I run a 1:35 or so on t-bolt and am as of saturday in a group.. I have nothing to loose or gain from this post but my safety and to straighten out the facts, especially about the crs that you lack.
Len
