Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Pay attention to where you are going..
Stop pedaling in corners,
and, as said above, put your inside of the curve, pedal, Up.. If you dig the pedal ito the pavement (ahead of BDC) you can easily lift the rear wheel off the ground, and then Crash.
LOL. Learned that last year. Pedal down on the inside, fast tight corner and ka-ching the rear wheel bounced. I avoided the mailbox and power pole, leaving tracks in somebody's lawn, but managed not to dump the bike. My boys thought it was hilarious. After that I did some reading here about cornering.
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