Apologies if this has been covered!
I have read all about cornering, cornering downhill, and cornering on berms.
But! The track I did yesterday (being the novice that I am!) had smallish berms where the berm walls were made of pebbles formed by numerous riders forming this feature. I had a lot of trouble cornering - usually what would happen is that I would understeer at speed, and then my front wheel would be across the pebbles, and in trying to correct the understeer (using the handlebars rather than leaning) the front wheel basically stops dead and over the bars I go!
I need some advice on handling this sort of problem. I think that I need to steer only using weight transferral (not handlebars) and obviously not understeering at the start of the corner would help. I think I need to find the "right rut" and get my front wheel in it and then lean through the corner.
Any advice appreciated!
I have read all about cornering, cornering downhill, and cornering on berms.
But! The track I did yesterday (being the novice that I am!) had smallish berms where the berm walls were made of pebbles formed by numerous riders forming this feature. I had a lot of trouble cornering - usually what would happen is that I would understeer at speed, and then my front wheel would be across the pebbles, and in trying to correct the understeer (using the handlebars rather than leaning) the front wheel basically stops dead and over the bars I go!
I need some advice on handling this sort of problem. I think that I need to steer only using weight transferral (not handlebars) and obviously not understeering at the start of the corner would help. I think I need to find the "right rut" and get my front wheel in it and then lean through the corner.
Any advice appreciated!