But not by enough to bother with IMHO. So I have been practicing my
circles with a 19 knobby. Not ideal, but that's the uni I'm riding and
I want to learn to turn it. Plus the tire has seen better days already
so this is giving it a nice send off.
I did some of this practicing today. Basically I just ride in a circle
in a parking lot.
There is 2 different ways I turn. The lean and fall into the turn tech,
and the twist.
I am not trying to pretend I am good here, just sharing my beginner
process.:)
I turn better right circles then left. I am sure that this is because I
have done more right turns, and that practice left will smooth this
out.
A fun way to practice is to try to ride a small circle without
twisting. The whole arch is smooth, the pedaling constant, no black
marks on the ground.
Then I try to ride a very small circle. This involves a lot of tire
scuffing sort of twists. I can ride around in a meter circle. But it's
not smooth. It's like a half pedal and a sharp wheel twist, then a
pause as I rebalance and reset my body for the next twist. Almost like
riding around a man hole cover using 4 turns.
So I would try riding around in small circles. As the arch gets slow
enough you can pedal sharply and turn 90 with a twist. This will leave
a tire mark. Basically, you can turn on a dime, but it's done more by
twisting the tire with body torque, then by riding through an arch.
Just riding down the road will teach you a lot about turning. But
riding in circles is something I'm still getting better at very
rapidly. It's helped my turning a lot in just the past few weeks.
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