Countersteering

Truth is "Countersteering" is the ONLY way to control a bike at riding speeds. That's why it's so hard to learn when you are 6. The handlebars are for keeping your balance having initiated a turn. The only way a bike will turn right is when the rider's weight is displaced that way. It's done by turning the bars to the left to unbalance the bike, or leaning your weight to the right. What some folk find hard to understand is that there's a SPECIAL TERM for what we have all been doing since we were kids.

On your way home tonight, don't try "Countersteering". Try steering by turning the bars the way you want to go. It can't be done! It's absolute proof of the thesis that you don't need to be able to understand something scientifically to be able to do it.

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Check out this video, I was waiting for something dreadful to happen.

YouTube - Counter steer on a bike