Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
...and if you turn hard enough, it'll throw you off a LOT - like clear off the bike...

Did that once, doing a u-turn down a steep hill and caught my inside pedal on the kerb - did a perfect somersault and landed on my backpack
OOOh yeah... someone was training me for racing 20 years ago when I was still riding a touring bike, long wheelbase, low bottom bracket, and they forgot to mention that little gem to me. I don't even have any recall of what happened, but from what he tells me, I stuck a pedal in the corner at 21 mph and all my forward momentum turned into launching me five feet up in the air, jackknifed front to back, turned upside down and came down on my head with sparks flying off my helmet. The next thing I remember is about half an hour later, when he was going to get his truck to take me to the ER (this was the days before cell phones).

If you remember to weight the outside pedal in higher-speed turns, that will help keep your wheels on the ground (your leg acts like a shock absorber), and that automatically keeps your inside pedal up.