Tom Sheraden wrote: > perhaps it's just a question of > semantics, all adding up to the same thing. > > My take is that leaning shifts your center of mass on > the bike, which changes the force vector on the > steering head, which causes the front wheel to change > > > My .02. > Tom > > When i'm riding a long time in a heavy crosswind, I lean the bike into the wind and end up sitting on the side edge of the seat. No handlebar input, all it's doing is putting the side of the front tire rubber on the pavement and it is pulling enough to counteract the wind. No handlebar input or "change" of cg required. It's the bike set a new attitude and new cg, not a changing cg.
anyone ever had the misfortune to run along a piece of pavement missaligned by about an inch vertically. Did that a couple of summers ago. The side of the tire touched the raised piece of concrete, and I thought I was going to be thrown from the bike like a cowboy off a bull. a no contrast, cloudy day on a residential street, what treachery. Now that's how to change direction quickly. So isn't the turning a function initiated (via countersteering) when you expose a shorter radius of tire profile to the direction you want to go? i.e. counersteering doesn't work with a square profile (automotive style) front tire. Up to $0.04 now. Robert
