Reply To: High speed maneuvers – be ahead of yourself
February 16, 2010 at 8:55 pm
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eon
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When you are talking about steep downhill hairpin turns then I think you need to consider what speed you will be doing before advising ‘hanging off’. Your body weight is used to counter balance the bike. At slow speeds (~<10mph) it wants to fall into the corner, therefore you shift your weight to the outside. Above that speed the bike wants continue on a straight line therefore you shift your weight to the inside (hang off) to counteract that.
I have a steep hairpin bend near me that I struggle with. Going up isn’t so bad but going down I struggle with it. I’m certainly not going fast enough to hang off (though that might be part of my problem).