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Been reading this thread and I just have to add because this thread aggravates me and I have to spew- to no one's benefit. After riding dirt, I just switched to street. I don't care your skill level, experience or attitude - My skill level? Beginning intermediate at best. I have a lot to learn and I do every day I roll the throttle. The day I stop learning may very well be the day I am dead. We have a much to learn from one another- the second anyone thinks they are the master of all- heaven help you. Fast gives you temporary cool factor. Slow gives you opportunity for skills that may very well save skin and life. Failure to handle both and the in-between gets you hurt- or dead. How cool is that?

And in the meantime, we all are best served by putting our egos in check.

RabbitStomp wrote:Been reading this thread and I just have to add because this thread aggravates me and I have to spew- to no one's benefit. After riding dirt, I just switched to street. I don't care your skill level, experience or attitude - My skill level? Beginning intermediate at best. I have a lot to learn and I do every day I roll the throttle. The day I stop learning may very well be the day I am dead. We have a much to learn from one another- the second anyone thinks they are the master of all- heaven help you. Fast gives you temporary cool factor. Slow gives you opportunity for skills that may very well save skin and life. Failure to handle both and the in-between gets you hurt- or dead. How cool is that?

And in the meantime, we all are best served by putting our egos in check.

Well said.
....and welcome to TMW.

I get that everyone here is incredibly safety conscious, but claiming the life saving benefits of 5 km/h skill is ridiculous and saying they're more important than high speed because high speed is about being cool is just silly. At walking speed, the chance that you're actually going to fall down is close to nil. The chance of getting more than a bruised ego is close to nil.

Nobody dies because there are five objects in a line that they must weave through while going 5 km/h without putting their feet down. It does not translate into any sane scenario that you'd ever face on the road.

It is apparent that this thread is going on and on and on to closed ears.....it's getting locked.