04-05-13, 11:26 AM
You can demonstrate it with a stationary bicycle. Sit the bike straight up, turn the front wheel, now guess which way it will fall. Then imagine it at speed. In fact it works on a bicycle at speed, or at load speed in an exaggerated fashion - say when avoiding somebody who has just opened their car door on you.
In fact after realising in the early 90's how to make my bike turn direction, I also realised that I had first read about this and practised it, after reading the old cyclists bible Richard's Bicycle book in which he describes counter steering as a method to avoid collisions.
As for thinking about it, you do that for a few weeks maybe, then it's second nature. You can push or pull, or both.
The old way of making a bike turn is still counter steering. They told you to lean, so what happens, you put more weight on one bar than the other. Sit up, and what are you doing, putting weight on the other bar and the bike magically sits up.
Counter steering is the only way to make your bike turn direction.
In fact after realising in the early 90's how to make my bike turn direction, I also realised that I had first read about this and practised it, after reading the old cyclists bible Richard's Bicycle book in which he describes counter steering as a method to avoid collisions.
As for thinking about it, you do that for a few weeks maybe, then it's second nature. You can push or pull, or both.
The old way of making a bike turn is still counter steering. They told you to lean, so what happens, you put more weight on one bar than the other. Sit up, and what are you doing, putting weight on the other bar and the bike magically sits up.
Counter steering is the only way to make your bike turn direction.