I'd encourage you to take it easy before you hurt yourself.
Unfortunately, we've got a few turns that are obviously designed for aesthetics and not for functionality.
Fortunately, I can usually barely hold them in, although I've flipped my cargo trailer a couple of times, usually hitting curbs.
Here is the "O-Turn" (perhaps due to
Oregon). And it wasn't always that way. I think it was an addition put in about 10 years ago or so.
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Planing does help a bit. Inevitably I'm coming from the North and heading West. Naturally I come off the bridge and take the line straight (red) to give me a counterclockwise path around the circle (staying to the right on the path). So, at the bottom of the circle, I have a hard right. It does help somewhat to cut from outside to outside as
FBinNY suggests. The double path at the bottom is very helpful. It certainly slows a person down, but isn't particularly safe both for cutting around other path users and a tricky maneuver.
The alternative (blue) is a clockwise path around the circle. It seems a bit unnatural at the start. It is a pretty sharp turn coming off of the bridge. It does, however, make it easier to get off of the circle. Still it isn't optimal as one has a curb cut to cross, then maneuver around either the right or left of the island.
Anyway, a few suggestions for the OP.
- Point the difficulty out to your public planners. Perhaps they don't know. I'm not the greatest at complaining, but it might help everyone. The approach to that corner could be helped significantly by straightening the path and making the intersection wider.
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- Look for an "Escape".
Going too fast? How about just go straight past the corner, stop, and turn around.
Learn to control your bike on the grass. It usually isn't the end of the world. A little bank to go over, but you should be able to control the bike, then either hop back onto the trail, or simply stop and walk back to where you want to be.
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- SLOW DOWN. One foot down can help at times.