Originally Posted by DieselDan
Occasionally I have rental customers that will force the stem around on beach crusiers. This supposedly makes for quicker steering, but can overload welded dropouts and cause a crash. Why people do this is a mystery. Guess it goes back to the rampant ignorance of Americans when it comes to bicycles.
Wouldn't turning the fork around cause the steering to slow down? I'd think that a beach cruiser with a backwards fork would ride no-hands really well.