Racing lines round corners
- Thread starter jamma
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
If it's solo or you're on your own then the below:
1. Get track time when it's back open.
2. Do several laps working out which flows best/fastest
3. Work out which works by a) feel and then b) data
4. Repeat
If it's in a bunch then @S-Express' comment applies
1. Get track time when it's back open.
2. Do several laps working out which flows best/fastest
3. Work out which works by a) feel and then b) data
4. Repeat
If it's in a bunch then @S-Express' comment applies
How did the other 9 That were in the race get around, I would suggest there may be some target fixation going on.
Have you tried counter steering to get the bike to drop in?
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
Uh uh....now the thread has gone south. Not countersteer, please.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
You hit the nail on the head.
Smokin Joe
Squire
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
It never takes long, does it?
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
A quick search with countersteer as the topic and me as the author will reveal that I think countersteer is a useless concept that should not be introduced in cycling. It is not a popular view, but so be it.
Smokin Joe
Squire
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Or to put it simply, no one has ever taken a two wheeler (From a child's BSO to a Harley Davidson Electra Glide) round a corner without the machine countersteering. It's what they do, all on their own without any input from the rider. If you tried to prevent it from happening you'd crash.
"Teaching" people to countersteer is like teaching them to use gravity to help them get down a step - they don't need to know, it just happens.
ChrisEyles
Guru
- Location
- Devon
The biggest improvement I made in my cornering came when I learnt to lead the bike around the corner with the eyes.
Riding a lot of more technical MTB trails also helped me a surprising amount back on the road. The mechanics of cornering might be quite different on/off-road, but the correct use of the eyes looking ahead around the corner is really important in both.
Riding a lot of more technical MTB trails also helped me a surprising amount back on the road. The mechanics of cornering might be quite different on/off-road, but the correct use of the eyes looking ahead around the corner is really important in both.
ChrisEyles
Guru
- Location
- Devon
I *thought* I knew what it was and understood it but now @Yellow Saddle says it doesn't exist and he's usually right!
Phew. I thought it was just me.
Smokin Joe
Squire
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Got it in one, sir.
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
I don't say it doesn't exist. I just think it is a useless concept to teach because it is so intuitive. My bike even countersteers itself when I ride no hands. That's how automatic it is.
From now on I' shamelessly going to use @Smokin Joe 's apt quote: Teaching" people to countersteer is like teaching them to use gravity to help them get down a step - they don't need to know, it just happens" I like it.
