(from the skills thread)
Originally Posted by Pete Fagerlin
Even if you did, it's easy to turn a bicycle, without counter steering, at 25 mph.
Maybe so. I'll try it.
The handlebars are turning in the direction of the turn (not counter steering) and causing the lean. I should frigging know, since I'm the one that strapped on the helmetcam ...
You're saying that turning the bars right causes the bike to
lean right? That makes no sense.
We do all this stuff without thinking about it, but when I do think about it, it seems like turning left causes a lean right, and turning right causes a lean left.
Are you sure you're not leaning right, and
then turning right to keep the bike from falling too far in that direction? That's how it looks to me in
the clip.
Edit: I looked at it again: the initial turn right at 3-4 seconds looks like it
stops the lean/fall, not
causes it.
Edit 2: In fact, you seem to turn right too far, thus starting to lean back left and so then you correct by turning left again. You do this twice in a row in that window between 3 and 5 seconds. You shift your weight, which causes the bike to lean, you turn into the lean, stop the falling, then turn back the other way.