[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]XiaoNio wrote:
I know what countersteering is, but I was always taught it as “push right to go right, push left to go left” or “push steering”. Which is really the same as turning the bar in the opposite direction of where you want to go. So, I would think the bike would lean left if you pushed away on the left handlebar. But I guess that depends on what your definition of push is.[/quote]
The idea is not to force it in the direction you want it to go, it is to slightly tip it in the opposite direction and then use the momentum of the counter reaction to bend it into the curve.
Of course you can wrestle it in any direction you want to, but then you always have to overcome a resistance that you could use to your advantage.
Try it, it flows more naturally than when you have to wrestle your bike down at every corner.
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I’m with XiaoNio. I use push right go right, push left go left (well don’t even think about it when doing it). The question that Bill asked was what happens when you “push” left on the handlebars, I hope that when I try it tonight on the way home my bike still goes left or I’m in for a shitty ride!
Don’t really understand by what you mean by wrestling it though? There’s very little effort needed to get the bike to lean to take regular corners and even sharp evasive moves aren’t due to me wrestling with my bike.
As for the original OPs question. Best tip that I’ve picked up is to make sure that your upper body is actually leaning when you are leaning into a corner. I try and get my body more in line with the mirrors. Oh, and avoid arseholes that don’t look when they change lanes!