Originally Posted by Stucky

O-K guys, did my little experiment: Rode around in a c. 20' counterclockwise circle at low speed, and: Had to keep the front wheel turned to the left the whole time. My thesis is that at low speeds, you are just trying to balance the bike upright, and don't have enough momentum to allow for leaning in turns; so you must steer with wheel.

Originally Posted by HTupolev

Countersteering doesn't mean that the bike isn't steered into the turn while it's turning. Steering away from the turn direction is to initiate the lean; once the leaning is underway, a bicycle's geometric trail causes it to steer into the lean, aka into the turn.