Steering cycles: bikes vs. trikes
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it's not really something you need to think about or even understand, you just do it
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
Yep, sure, no prob! Coming right up. Just as soon as hell is somewhat less toasty.I think video evidence is required, in the name of science.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
I learnt pushbike in the 1960s and m/bike in the late 1970s.
I must be doing something right in terms of balance / turning as I have yet to fall off a m/bike.
You do have to remember which language your feet are speaking as to the location of brake / gear change levers.
(I'm assuming that as a bairn I fell off a few times before I got the hang of riding bikes)
I must be doing something right in terms of balance / turning as I have yet to fall off a m/bike.
You do have to remember which language your feet are speaking as to the location of brake / gear change levers.
(I'm assuming that as a bairn I fell off a few times before I got the hang of riding bikes)
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Do or do not do. There is no tricycle...
Typical cyclist. This is the kind of attitude that gets people killed.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Yeah, knowing how to steer a bike isn't something you need to understand. Knowing how countersteering works isn't important, because you'll never have to react quickly to avoid something, when all the 'body steering' in the world won't save you.
Yeah, let's not worry about how to turn. Let's just rely on the fact that we somehow manage it, sort of, maybe.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
You don’t need to know about it though. No one goes on about if you learn as a kid. You just learn how to do it by doing it.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
So you learn as a kid, and have no idea how or why it works, but one time you're faced with a situation where you need to use it to save your life, but you don't even know what 'it' is. Don't you think people who use it should know what 'it' is, and how to use 'it'?
And what about people who didn't learn to ride a bike as a kid, do you not think they should be taught 'it', rather than just giving them a bike and saying "Off you go. Try not to die"?
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
What is this all-important scenario in which consciously choosing to counter steer on a push bike will save your life? Because I've been riding a bike almost every day for about 25 years and I've managed to avoid getting squashed so far without ever knowing about it. Incidentally I tried it today and it didn't do what it's supposed to do. I pushed the left side of the bar, the bike turned right.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Yeah, OK, now let's hear from someone who can't break the laws of physics, please!
Maybe the cyclist who ran into the back of my parked car would have been able to avoid me if he had only known how to steer.
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
This isn’t coming across as clever as you think it is.Yeah, knowing how to steer a bike isn't something you need to understand. Knowing how countersteering works isn't important, because you'll never have to react quickly to avoid something, when all the 'body steering' in the world won't save you.
Yeah, let's not worry about how to turn. Let's just rely on the fact that we somehow manage it, sort of, maybe.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
And neither is this.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Or this.Yeah, OK, now from someone who can't break the laws of physics, please!
Maybe the cyclist who ran into the back of my parked car would have been able to avoid me if he had only known how to steer.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
You're confusing me with someone who gives a fuck about your opinion.
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Posts like this prove that you are a menace to society.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
You have to be going very fast (60km/h) for the effect to be apparent on a road bike in my experience. It might be more apparent on an MTB where you've got more trail and caster. It's a niche fetish and irrelevant to cycling almost all of the time.
