Originally Posted by
noglider
Note that you have to turn the handlebars in the opposite direction of your turn!
I know a few people who'd be naturals at it; everything they do.....
When larger offsets are used, as on cruisers (grips well behind the head tube) and on racing bikes (grip options well ahead of the head tube), the steering becomes less of a "turning" motion but rather is either a "toss it to the inside of the turn" or a deliberate "push away" counter-steering, either of which gets the bike leaning into a turn.
A guy here has recently been turned on to cycling, worked his way through a dozen bikes and groups to where he's entered himself in some time trials, and he's having problems cornering. I've explained countersteer to him, and he's doing it on his road bike, but when he gets on the TT aeros, things change. He's wiped out a couple of times because "the bike won't turn."