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Originally Posted by sinbad
A top-pro could "cruise" round a second off their ultimate pace all day long, whilst lesser riders would really struggle to match that, and mistakes would see them hit the deck.
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Agreed. I was talking with an old boy who many moons ago was marshalling at the IoM TT. During a practice session they needed to call one of the riders back from a sighting lap. This chap, who was considered to be not far off race pace himself hopped on his (very quick, by the day's standards) bike and set off after the racer, who only had a 15 second head start. It took him about 10 minutes of riding to the very edge of his ability and when he finally caught up with the racer, he was amused and astonished in equal measure to find the racer concerned was "taking it easy", riding around with one hand on the bars, sat upright, waving at the crowd, etc.