One for Horse? Countersteering
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:07 pm
Ok, it's on a push bike but does the same apply to motorbikes?
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Horse wrote:
Many older riders will complete their riding career never having heard of countersteering, most stopping when they want to
exportmanuk wrote:Horse wrote:
Many older riders will complete their riding career never having heard of countersteering, most stopping when they want to
The problem with that is when they get into a situation they tend to turn the bars away from the danger which sends the bike towards it.
Horse wrote:Difficulties come when they try to steer consciously.
jcochrane wrote: this can be achieved by either counter steering or if your sense of balance is good enough don't steer but change your weight distribution on the bike to get the bike to lean into the bend. My choice is always to use the latter