this came up in the "help me to descend fast" thread. i'm going to be the guy who pees in the cheerios.
there are 2 or 3 different definitions of countersteering. one is valid. the others? to me, it's like being filled with the holy spirit, or speaking in tongues. are you? are you doing it? is it really a thing? do you feel different when you're doing it? special? thankful? gifted?
here's the one valid definition of countersteering: if you want to turn right, you have to turn left first. you need to get your center of gravity between the wheelbase line you're riding and the line you want to ride. you need to lean in the direction you want to turn, but it's very difficult to simply lean.
the only time i find people doing this is when they're riding in very tight quarters, like in the middle of a peloton, and you get a bit off-balanced, there's another way to go about this, but i'll leave that for now so as not to obfuscate.
other than that, you MUST countersteer. it's a part of steering when you're riding any vehicle with 2 wheels.
that's it. that's one valid description of countersteering. you don't need to think about it. you just do it. you have to do it. you don't consciously do it, and you can't ride without doing it. you're already doing it.
pushing on the opposite handlebar, leaning your bike toward the turn, all these other versions of countersteering, they're not valid. not real. not a thing. otherwise you're going to be trying some exercise, wondering, like speaking in tongues, if you're really "doing it" or not.
tell me why i'm wrong, and why you have the gift i can't seem to discover and so don't acknowledge.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman
there are 2 or 3 different definitions of countersteering. one is valid. the others? to me, it's like being filled with the holy spirit, or speaking in tongues. are you? are you doing it? is it really a thing? do you feel different when you're doing it? special? thankful? gifted?
here's the one valid definition of countersteering: if you want to turn right, you have to turn left first. you need to get your center of gravity between the wheelbase line you're riding and the line you want to ride. you need to lean in the direction you want to turn, but it's very difficult to simply lean.
the only time i find people doing this is when they're riding in very tight quarters, like in the middle of a peloton, and you get a bit off-balanced, there's another way to go about this, but i'll leave that for now so as not to obfuscate.
other than that, you MUST countersteer. it's a part of steering when you're riding any vehicle with 2 wheels.
that's it. that's one valid description of countersteering. you don't need to think about it. you just do it. you have to do it. you don't consciously do it, and you can't ride without doing it. you're already doing it.
pushing on the opposite handlebar, leaning your bike toward the turn, all these other versions of countersteering, they're not valid. not real. not a thing. otherwise you're going to be trying some exercise, wondering, like speaking in tongues, if you're really "doing it" or not.
tell me why i'm wrong, and why you have the gift i can't seem to discover and so don't acknowledge.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman