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Sid Squid · 11-05-05, 06:42 PM

Both.

11-05-05, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by K

It's kind of a

movement!

Very clever!

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11-05-05, 06:46 PM

push for me... if I need more of a lean I tend to push on the handlebar rather than pull... just how I feel comfortable doing it...

11-05-05, 07:07 PM

I have tended to be a pusher,but do not have the same conviction when it is a left hand bend and hence that hand being required to push,(I am right handed u see)However I have found far more comfortable results by using both hands with a slight emphasis on the pusher. Straightening up out of bounds I basically just stay relaxed and let the bike right itself under power.If you can get in the zone with counter steering though it really does open up a whole new world I think. Much more enjoyable and sense of being in greater control and as one with the bike.
But hey I'm an old farty these days.What do I know?!

Spiderman · 11-05-05, 07:12 PM

push for me.

northwind · 11-05-05, 07:18 PM

I use both too. But I always rationalised it as pushing the bike down into the corner before I'd even heard of countersteering, so I guess I'm mainly pushing.

11-05-05, 07:21 PM

I'am a pusher.

11-05-05, 07:31 PM

Both

11-05-05, 07:32 PM

I started off pulling the opposite side to the way I wanted to go, then moved on to pushing the side I did want to go... though I probably still do a bit of both

Both ways feel a bit odd at first and most people/everyone does it to some extent without realising. Main thing is to know it happens and then know that if you need to get more lean and tighten up the corner you can do it even more... not the first thing that you think of when the corner is tighter than you first realised

11-05-05, 07:32 PM

I've been trying both but push comes much more naturally so that's what i mostly do. As someone said, if you want something to happen fast it's usually a bit of both.

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11-05-05, 06:42 PM	#11
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11-05-05, 07:12 PM	#15
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11-05-05, 07:18 PM	#16
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	I use both too. But I always rationalised it as pushing the bike down into the corner before I'd even heard of countersteering, so I guess I'm mainly pushing. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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11-05-05, 06:46 PM	#13
lynw Guest Posts: n/a	push for me... if I need more of a lean I tend to push on the handlebar rather than pull... just how I feel comfortable doing it...

11-05-05, 07:07 PM	#14
Peter Henry Guest Posts: n/a	I have tended to be a pusher,but do not have the same conviction when it is a left hand bend and hence that hand being required to push,(I am right handed u see)However I have found far more comfortable results by using both hands with a slight emphasis on the pusher. Straightening up out of bounds I basically just stay relaxed and let the bike right itself under power.If you can get in the zone with counter steering though it really does open up a whole new world I think. Much more enjoyable and sense of being in greater control and as one with the bike. But hey I'm an old farty these days.What do I know?!

11-05-05, 07:32 PM	#19
SVeeedy Gonzales Guest Posts: n/a	I started off pulling the opposite side to the way I wanted to go, then moved on to pushing the side I did want to go... though I probably still do a bit of both Both ways feel a bit odd at first and most people/everyone does it to some extent without realising. Main thing is to know it happens and then know that if you need to get more lean and tighten up the corner you can do it even more... not the first thing that you think of when the corner is tighter than you first realised

11-05-05, 07:32 PM	#20
jon Guest Posts: n/a	I've been trying both but push comes much more naturally so that's what i mostly do. As someone said, if you want something to happen fast it's usually a bit of both.