Timing gear changes before corners

[Mscott4]

Something I've been struggling with recently is how soon before a corner to shift into the appropiate gear before a corner/junction. I know roadcraft preaches no BGOL but when I attempt this it results in me slowing down a lot before the corner, engaging the appropiate gear and moving through the corner/junction much slower than I otherwise would. I get that this is probably not a bad thing in most cases but when trying to negotiate well sighted bends with a tightening apex on a NSL road or similar, I end up losing a lot of speed and flow through the corners due to having to scrub speed and shift well before the corner to ensure I have the appropiate gear to exit the corner.

Before trying to stick to the system I would brake to scrub speed before the corner and shift a lot later, often bringing the clutch up just before the corner or part of the way into the corner, which I know now is not a good idea in general.

A related problem is when I sometimes enter the corner in too high of a gear due to not realising the bend tightens. Are there any tips/techniques to help with this or is it as I suspect and I just have to get much better at observation/planning in general? Thanks in advance.

[Mscott4]

Thanks for all the replies, I'll work on incorporting all the advce into my driving.