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just try it. roll perfectly straight and lean to a side. It accomplishes the same thing as countersteering, which is to put weight on one side of the bike, so
by LanceH 4y ago
just try it. roll perfectly straight and lean to a side. It accomplishes the same thing as countersteering, which is to put weight on one side of the bike, so when you turn that direction, the bike gets under you and you don't fall.
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- flavius29663 4y agoThat's literally what they did in the video, I recommend you watch it. The issue is: you think you can just lean on the side you want, but you can't without counter-steering, so they devised a bike that literally does not allow counter-steering: you can't take a turn at all.
- _Wintermute 4y agoBecause of the geometry of the front fork (rake and trail), if you lean to one side the bars will initially turn in the opposite direction. It's still countersteering. If you ever ride a bike where this geometry is wrong, which is difficult because it's so necessary, it's very different to ride, and you'll struggle to ride it non-handed.