Originally Posted by
OldTryGuy
Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
+1. Your bike will naturally go where you're looking - look at the exit of the turn, not at the tree you think you might hit because if you stare at the tree, you'll hit the tree.
Don't over think it either. You'll be crashing in no time if you start trying to work out why countersteering works in the middle of a turn. Just do it.
Thanks for the video. It mentions countersteering, just like TrojanHorse did. Is it the same countersteering that applies to cars, where you steer the car out during cornering so you can "drift" out of a corner?
Another question is, how much should I lean in? In motorcycle racing, I usually see riders lean closer to the road than their motorbikes, with their inside knees almost touching the road. Is that the same principle that I should try to learn? Or does it work differently for bicycles?
[EDIT] Just read up on bicycle countersteering here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersteering#Bicycles
Looks like I just have to practice first like you said without thinking too much about it. The Wiki entry is probably right. To me (an untrained), it sounds counter-intuitive!