15-06-19, 01:23 AM
Quote:I think countersteering is sort of instinctive...It is, in that people are taught to lean into a corner. By leaning to the left, you push on the left bar, pushing the front wheel to the right, which makes the bike go left. So it’s not leaning that turns the bike but the pressure you apply to the bar by leaning.
It’s not until you understand it and practise it that it becomes instinctive, and for the first time become absolutely in control of the direction of your bike.
The only way a bike will change direction is by counter steering, and it’s all in your hands.
Trail braking with the front brake requires a firmer input at the bars as the front brake will make the bike want to sit up. As Grahamm says care is required with trail braking – that why you see racers washing out the front now and again.