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Old Sep 18, 2004 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
Shifting too much can kill your times. Most courses you stay in 2nd. Remember shifting wastes time. Each upshift and downshift is .5-1 second added to your times. Unless the course has really sharp u-turns on uphills it's not necessary to shift.
I tend not to shift too much either, but a tight 90-degree, or even a decreasing-radius turn, if pretty severe, may necessitate shifting 2-1 if you can't corner with enough momentum. At Solo2 Nationals, the South Course had a severe right-hander that when I kept it at 2nd in my first run, I was losing so much time staying at 2nd well below my powerband. My second run, I shifted 2nd to 1st, and back to 2nd right after I rounded the sweeper. I ended up gaining about a second.
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