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> too much risk of hooking another rider If this really was the case they should have made a backwards-steering bike like this instead: https://www.youtube.com
by dheera 5y ago
> too much risk of hooking another rider
If this really was the case they should have made a backwards-steering bike like this instead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx1V5KT1Lwo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx1V5KT1Lwo
With bikes with straight handlebars, if you graze a fence with the handlebar, the bike will steer INTO the fence, whereas if you have backwards handlebars the bike will auto-steer away from the fence or whatever you bump into.
- avidiax 5y agoA regular bike auto-steers away. The wheel pulls toward the obstacle, which counter-steers so that you will fall/turn away from the obstacle. Reverse steering would just trip you into the obstacle.