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Old 12-03-23 | 06:29 PM
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Oh god, not this again…

This is countersteering:



Anything else one might do at the bars should not be called countersteering, just for clarity’s sake.

Of course, as amply noted in other threads, one needn’t touch the bars at all to steer a bike, and as seen upthread, handlebars are not the only way to steer if you do use hands, which gives lie to the claim that one has to countersteer if they ride a bicycle. Here’s a steering wheel bike in action:

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