MORE CHICANERY

Understanding the subtleties to mastering chicanes

ANDREW TREVITT

One of the facts of life riding on tracks in the US is that chicanes are practically everywhere. This feature of two opposing, tight turns one directly after the other is a common format to slow riders in a particular spot for safety or simply chicanery (pun definitely intended) on the track designer’s part. Few riders list a chicane as their favorite section of any racetrack, mostly because chicanes often disrupt any natural flow or rhythm to the circuit. While many riders see a chicane as a section where they just want to get through cleanly with no mistakes, there are a few key points to keep in mind that can help get you through quicker while keeping the chance of an error to a minimum. Most chicanes are the…

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Sport Rider (Digital) - 1 Issue, October - November 2016

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