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16-02-17, 10:14 AM | #31 |
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Always a good one for tense arms is can you flap your elbows like a bird... You should be able to move your elbows up and down and not affect the steering for the bike.
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16-02-17, 10:25 AM | #32 |
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We do this to avoid car mirrors in London
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Same with golf, many people hold the club way too tightly - should be held with fingers mainly and not gripped as though your life depends on it.
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Counter steering IS something we all do instinctively, but understanding what you are doing and the effects it has on the bike are very useful when it comes to developing your riding beyond the simple A to B stuff. Many don't need, or want, to do this and that's fine, but to say people don't need to know what they are doing is setting yourself, and others, pretty low standards. It is also true that simply moving your weight from one side to the other will have little influence on the course the bike takes, at least not initially, however the position of the COG and it's ability to be moved around, both in order to improve grip (hanging off), and to reduce the effect of a sudden input (getting above the bike or "counter leaning" as some like to call it) will most certainly make a difference to how the machine reacts to an input from the tyres/suspension. Remember you represent between 30 and 50% of the total all up weight so that's quite a bit of useful inertia you have in your hands... quite literally! |
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16-02-17, 02:07 PM | #37 |
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Re: Cornering
The Twist of the wrist video s give a good insight on the way counter stear etc all go to make life easier for man and machine.
It's important to remember that the bike and you will go where your looking. Looking at the hedge,car or bit fallen off the truck in front of you will pull you in like a Tractor Beam...
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Counter-steering really only refers to the initiation of a turn, when you want the bike to change direction quickly, when you push on the handlebar centrifugal force causes the bike to 'flop over' on to the same side as you pushed (because CofG is vertically above contact patch when bike is going straight - but if you keep pushing the bike will go further and further over), after that its all about the geometry of the bike and where your weight + bike weight is in relation to the contact patch of tyres. Arguably the only time you need to counter-steer once bike is in a turn is to tighten your line, otherwise just hold the bars lightly and physics and the frame designers skills do their job and get you where you want to go.
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You need some training before the inevitable happens. Try and find a copy of Twist of the wrist I or I I to watch.
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Hey guys read the bit where I said this was when I was pootling about on a CBT!
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