Feeling comfortable has almost nothing to do with actually being safe at those speeds.
People talk about the Dunning-Kruger effect all the time because it’s so insidious. Doing 200kph on a good bike is very unlikely to kill you the first time. You’re terrified and try and minimize the risks, but soon you’ve done it a few times and it feels old hat. What changed wasn’t skills just desensitization so people end up having higher risk as they start to feel more safe.
There are ways to actually get better, but it’s always going to be extremely dangerous and if you start to think differently it’s very much time to stop.
People talk about the Dunning-Kruger effect all the time because it’s so insidious. Doing 200kph on a good bike is very unlikely to kill you the first time. You’re terrified and try and minimize the risks, but soon you’ve done it a few times and it feels old hat. What changed wasn’t skills just desensitization so people end up having higher risk as they start to feel more safe.
There are ways to actually get better, but it’s always going to be extremely dangerous and if you start to think differently it’s very much time to stop.