Stoopid question from Noob

[malkin]

I'm pretty sure that if I read this thread carefully and think about getting off my bike, I'll start falling!

[Dogmama]

1. Decide which way you'll lean your bike when you stop. Most people lean to the right. You'll find that after awhile, the way you lean will become second nature.

For the sake of explanation, let's assume you'll lean right.

2. Before you come to a complete stop but are moving very slowly, take your right foot off of the pedal. Your left leg will be extended completely.

3. As you come to a stop lean slightly right. If this feels uncomfortable, turning your front wheel very slightly right will help you lean to the right.

4. As you come to a complete stop, your right foot will contact the ground. Hopefully nothing else will contact the ground.

[Seajay]

3. As you come to a stop lean slightly right. If this feels uncomfortable, turning your front wheel very slightly right will help you lean to the right.

I think that's reversed, Dogmama. Physics of countersteer says if you want to land on your RIGHT foot you should steer LEFT in the last couple inches of rolling.

[bikegrrl]

Unfortunately I've been avoiding the cold by riding indoor most of the time now. But I did lower the seat a tad for those few outside rides (the weather this winter has been weird) and its made a big difference.

[Dogmama]

I think that's reversed, Dogmama. Physics of countersteer says if you want to land on your RIGHT foot you should steer LEFT in the last couple inches of rolling.

Hmm, I've always turned the wheel left to lean the bike left to step out on my left foot. I figured that if you're making a left turn, the bike is going to lean left.

But I can feel (in my mind's eye) how steering right would work, except I'm feeling like I'd have to be already leaning left.

I guess the bottom line is not to land on your bottom!

[OakLeaf]

I figured that if you're making a left turn, the bike is going to lean left.

And the way you initiate a left lean is by turning the bars to the right. Now you've got a smaller tire circumference on the left side of the front tire, the contact patch is at a less than 180° angle to your forks, and the bike's going to lean to the left. It's called countersteering ...

[Dogmama]

And the way you initiate a left lean is by turning the bars to the right. Now you've got a smaller tire circumference on the left side of the front tire, the contact patch is at a less than 180° angle to your forks, and the bike's going to lean to the left. It's called countersteering ...

this sounds like technical talk to me...where is the blinkey thing?