Originally Posted by
Abe_Froman
Hrmm. I just had a thought.
Riding with no hands. When you lean your body to the left, you're forcing the bike to lean right. The handlebars then turn right as well, which initiates countersteering.
The physics of a bike are really pretty astounding.
Good thought, and what I was alluding to here
Originally Posted by
wphamilton
Well, counter-steering by pushing the bars uses the steering to shift balance, while counter-steering no-hands uses balance to shift the steering, so it's kind of interesting that the seemingly opposite actions have the same effect.
Back on track, and if I've offended anyone with the 2-scotch posts let me extend preemptive apologies. Evidently the argument rages in motorcycle forums as well, so I doubt that we'll settle anything here. I never paid much attention to it riding motorcycle street or motocross - I just turned - but cycling I find myself doing it deliberately to "flick" the bike right or left.