08-08-2013, 07:56 AM
I assume you ride with your hands on the bars/clip-ons. If that assumption is correct, attempting to steer with anything other than the bars/clip-ons is extremely inefficient, given the physics involved. Freddie Spencer and Reg Pridmore would certainly take one to task for that comment.
And Keith Code would take one to task for theirs.
Quote:The histrionics of road racers pretty much settles it as they are climbing all over the bikes, now more than ever (dragging elbows at 60 degree lean angles).
Not really, one has to understand the physics of what's happening. Hanging off the bike doesn't turn the bike any better (or at all), it just shifts the weight, moving the bike's center of gravity, allowing the bike to go faster at a given lean angle without losing traction. Hanging off more allows the rider to carry more speed through the turn, it doesn't turn the bike any better.
Push the inside handlebar/clip-on to actually turn the bike. Keith Code's "No BS" bike demonstration makes it more than obvious how this works.