Originally Posted by
kooker
This is a newbie question, so please no harsh words:
I did a left turn going down hill at around 15-25MPH on dry bumpy paved road, but my rear wheel slipped to the right a few inches in the middle of the turn. The bike and I were both leaning left before the slide. The tires are Maxxis Fuse with a few hundred miles on them.
What should I have done? I found a few threads about counter-steering, but it doesn't seem like it has anything to do with a sliding rear wheel? Do I just need to get new / better tires?
Cheers.
For a noob, you are doing something very right. You went around a corner and when you lost traction, it was at the REAR wheel, which is always the way you want it. This is the limit that all racers look for in going around a corner, and you found it!
If you lose traction on the front tire, its almost always an instant crash. The rear, however, you can slide quite a bit, a foot or more, ans still recover as long as you just relax and don't put ANY input into the bars.
If you weren't braking in the corner or doing any major input into the bars when the back slid, I would leave everything as it is and keep doing exactly what you did.