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FWIW I think that's only mostly true. I'm told there are some situations where you really do just shove the bike over into a lean. Of course even if that's true
by andrewflnr 4y ago
FWIW I think that's only mostly true. I'm told there are some situations where you really do just shove the bike over into a lean. Of course even if that's true, it's very much a case of (as I like to put it) the exception that highlights the common case. :)
- engineer_22 4y agoSwerving around an obstacle in the road you might do this
- andrewflnr 4y agoNot what I had in mind to say the least. That's definitely one of the premier cases where you either countersteer (hard) or crash.
- mulmen 4y agoNot if you want to avoid the obstacle.
- barrkel 4y agoIt's possible on a scooter, which has a lower speed, low centre of gravity (so you have more relative leverage) and small wheels (i.e. the amount of spinning mass is less, and closer to the axis of spin). On a big bike with big wheels at high speed, you can only make very gentle adjustments in the lean angle.
- mulmen 4y agoAs a motorcycle rider I’m not sure what those situations are. Maybe dirt bikes work that way? My street bike is very light by motorcycle standards and it still weighs 400lb wet. It’s not something you can really push around, even at low speeds. Body positioning is critical but that’s different.
- andrewflnr 4y agoI think it was one of David Hough's books, talking about riding on gravel or something relatively niche like that.
- mulmen 4y agoMakes sense, I don’t ride offroad.