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Old 12-Jul-2005, 18:18
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Whoa Jen, spot on...

I actually do countersteer. I'm quite aware of it and, as you say, in the faster sweepers I conciously steer the bike this way. Actually, if it's not heresy, I find I have better control if I pull the outside bar at the same time as I push the inside bar, that way the physical effort feels more balanced. Not that the physical effort is huge, it's just a bit like steering a car with one hand, you can do it but probably not as precisely as when you use both hands on the wheel.

Anyway, your insight into the slower corners is absolutely right, these are the ones that I find more difficult. Usually, it's like TP says, it's easy to overdo the countersteering and end up having to sit the bike up again as you tend to slice straight over the verge, or find that the bike has just fallen into the corner. Maybe forgeting about concious countersteering on the slower stuff is the way to go and just trust that I'll go where I look.
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