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The Importance of Consciousness in Speed

It's possible that Lewis' instinctive, unconscious speed is starting to leave him. I can remember flying around this track and then the bike was trying to escape from underneath. And part of my brain was going, why is the bike trying to get away from me? Nothing was done consciously at all. It was just simply, I want to go this fast, and you're coming with me. As you get older, you've had some crashes, maybe it's gone wrong. Then you kind of, your brain goes, okay, now I need to be more circumspect, maybe than learn before.

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