Reply To: Countersteering and First Bike Jitters
September 2, 2010 at 5:04 pm
#28422
JackTrade
Participant
(do this on a quiet street or parking lot at first, just in case)
As you’re moving in a straight line at a steady speed, just push a tiny tiny bit on a given handgrip. Not like you’re actually making a turn, just a tentative light push, less than 2mm or so. The bike will keep going straight, but you’ll feel it momentarily move in the predicted direction as well. Doing this gives you a real visceral sense of what countersteer really means.
I had the same issue when I started after I took the class (countersteer as more an academic thing than something I’d epxerienced), but after doing that a little, it made more sense, and gave me the confidence to really do it in turns.