Tight turns

[fossyant]

Make sure you shove the outer foot down and lean on it, shifts the centre of gravity.

Cornering - good place to practice is the local trading estate, after everyone has gone home. As a club we used to do circuits of a 'block' on the local trading estate, made harder with one leg being up hill. Knackering training. Just watch out for learner drivers.

 

[ayceejay]

Is it anything to do with driving on the left do you think? Also don't criteriums and track races go round that way? What does it all mean

 

[Fab Foodie]

Interesting - I hadn't thought about it before but I am much happier taking a tight LH bend than a tight RH one!

Me too and I'm also RH and RF biased.

 

[GetAGrip]

Make sure you shove the outer foot down and lean on it, shifts the centre of gravity.

Cornering - good place to practice is the local trading estate, after everyone has gone home. As a club we used to do circuits of a 'block' on the local trading estate, made harder with one leg being up hill. Knackering training. Just watch out for learner drivers.

While riding yesterday, taking l/h's on the road was fine. Even a hairpin (to be fair though I am climbing at the same time). Going through gates and turning sharp left onto shared tracks, tight l/h's going through woods etc all become a problem.

It seems to be the when the width of the path is reduced (turning on a sixpence as the saying goes). I know when returning, these now r/h's I can negotiate quite easily.
So, to sum up - it is more apparent when needing to keep a tight line in a sharp l/h narrow lane.

Looking at some of the links provided, it is more common than I personally thought. It would be interesting to know if it is something to do with centre of balance according to whether someone is R handed/footed or L handed/footed. Could it be that simple?

 

[HLaB]

Me too and I'm also RH and RF biased.

I had't thought about it either but I'm the same as ColinJ, I'm right handed and right footed and I also prefer a turn to be left, than right.