Perhaps I don't need to lean into corners with my bike. Perhaps the world is flat. Maybe I don't have to pay taxes and I may live forever...
The Steering Thread
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Trinity765
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Re: The Steering Thread
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:02 pm Racers use multi compound tyres too though and have for a long time, yet they still go to great lengths to make the bike stand up again....
Aside from mid-corner touch down, watch carefully and you'll often see them lean further into the corner just at the end of the bend - that way they can get the bike more upright as they apply the power before being clear of the corner. By my understanding that's because the higher cCoM means that if the rear breaks traction it drifts OUT, rather than slides. See Gary McCoy.
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Re: The Steering Thread
It's the COMBINED Centre of Mass of bike AND rider that matters, as I've tried to explain.Trinity765 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:38 am Perhaps I don't need to lean into corners with my bike. Perhaps the world is flat. Maybe I don't have to pay taxes and I may live forever...
Movement of your body changes the relative position of the cCoM - offset and height.
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Re: The Steering Thread
Wonky handlebars for the win!Trinity765 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:38 am Perhaps I don't need to lean into corners with my bike. Perhaps the world is flat. Maybe I don't have to pay taxes and I may live forever...
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