The bends

[Skipper]

Does anyone else find it easier to go round left hand bends, rather than right hand bends (or vice versa)? Do we have a natural balance which is better one side? I guess this makes anti-clockwise routes a little quicker for me ...........!!!

 

[Cycling Dan]

Does anyone else find it easier to go round left hand bends, rather than right hand bends (or vice versa)? Do we have a natural balance which is better one side? I guess this makes anti-clockwise routes a little quicker for me ...........!!!

Oddly I agree, I have never thought about it before but thinking on it- I agree.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I noticed the tyres on my commuter bikes are always dirtier on the right wall.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Does anyone else find it easier to go round left hand bends, rather than right hand bends (or vice versa)? Do we have a natural balance which is better one side? I guess this makes anti-clockwise routes a little quicker for me ...........!!!

You'd have to nip off to the continent to figure out how much the camber of the road and the reduced number of junctions where you have to cede way helps you do clockwise routes.

 

[ianrauk]

Not something I have ever noticed.

Except when I was riding Bent style.
Had problem with left turns then.

 

[400bhp]

Probably something to do with being on the left, hence you're not leaning into the middle of the road.

 

[Tanis8472]

Always find left better. Even noticed it on a motorbike.

 

[Rob3rt]

Assuming you aren't refering to junctions etc, where it is pretty self explanitory. I would agree left bends are easier taken at speed than right handers. I say this because with left bends you can safely hit the apex. Right hand bends you have to respect the white line unless you want to run head on into traffic.

 

[Typhon]

I am also the same and I think it's for the reasons 400bhp and Rob3rt stated.

Taking right-hand bends is my main weakness in terms of bike handling skills. I slow down too much for them. It's just so much easier when you can hug the apex - I'm sure I'd be the opposite if I lived on the continent. I'm not sure how to improve upon that other than just keep riding and going incrementally faster on them though.

 

[Dave 123]

Does anyone else find it easier to go round left hand bends, rather than right hand bends (or vice versa)? Do we have a natural balance which is better one side? I guess this makes anti-clockwise routes a little quicker for me ...........!!!

Skipper, can I ask a personal question? Which side does one dress? This may be the answer. On the other hand (pun intended) it may not.

 

[Tanis8472]

Used to live in Germany and still found lefts better

 

[boydj]

I'm much less confident on taking right-handers at speed. Don't know why.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Perhaps it's related to which foot you put down when you stop. Somewhere in the little cycling program in our brains there's something that says that side is safe to go lower on because there's support there.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I haven't noticed any difference between left and right.

 

[billy1561]

I find i get more grip on left hand bends due to the camber of the road.