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    I keep leaning my seat into the wrong leg on corners. Any tips on bike leaning? (I’m the rider in front). I learned wrong, hard to brake the habit.

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    1. c0nsumer on

      Consciously think about what you want to do, and do it, until it becomes habit. Literally, re-learn. There’s no shortcuts for this.

      (If you are getting over-excited and forgetting, back off the speed a bit and focus on technique while thinking through everything until it sinks in.)

    4. yewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww on

      You are thinking about this all wrong. Watch how to [corner stupid fast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y6ocZHpLoE) and ben cathro’s ENTIRE how to bike series.

      You want to put your weight/force into the ground at a perpendicular angle to maximize force applied to your tires. The bike lean is separate, you want to lean your bike so that either you center knobs are engaged or your side knobs are engage.

      Though I recommend you start by[ learning the row/anti row school of thought](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCPh4rNGSno&t=272s) and work on your pumping which applies to berms/turns, jumps, rollers, and drops. You just stand still through the berms and the rollers. You should be shifting your weight.

      After you got the row/anti row concepts look at ben cathro’s videos who will explain the things in different terms and you should see how they are all connected.

    5. FickleShare9406 on

      It’s actually funny because this can be a “next-level” skill. Most of your tire knobs are on the flatter part of the tire, which means that if you slightly lean the bike away from the turn, your tires makes more contact with the ground giving you more grip. Obviously, if leaning the bike away from turn is slowing you down, then you’ll have to work on it, but just know that what you’re doing isn’t unambiguously wrong.

    8. Due_Mongoose9409 on

      Do a bunch of figure 8s in the parking lot. As tight as you can make them. Switch directions occasionally.

      You have to lean the bike over far to get them tight. This should help teach your body how to lean the bike.

    9. GroundbreakingCow110 on

      if you are losing the rear of the bike first, leaning more than the bike is fine.

      If you are losing front of the bike first, lean the bike more than you.

      You’re bike is a gyroscope. Use as needed and be dynamic.

    10. Superb-Photograph529 on

      Depending on what you mean, you looked fine. Some corners give a lot of support and can be ridden well with your cranks “flat” (horizontal) to the ground. Other corners you need to lean the bike over and you want to go “outside” crank down for stability (lowers CG). NEVER corner with the inside crank down. You’ll likely snag something and, worst case, highside.

    11. who_me_yes_me2 on

      I use coned courses for cornering, and often use coloured cones to highlight the inside and often the apex of the corner. Some kids learn best told ‘outside foot down’ but I find ‘inside knee up’ works better for most of them. It’s useful to practice this skill as many natural trails have flat corners and you want to ride without consciously thinking about your footwork and body position.

      For bermed corners you can pretty much ride level pedals and lean both bike and body – and you can either just ride through or pump through for extra speed. As others have said, Ben Cathro’s ‘How to Bike’ is excellent for all these skills

      https://www.instagram.com/p/CxipkTisD_3/?igsh=MXhmcXFhZ3c2bzN2bg==

      https://www.instagram.com/p/COqUdnfBYNF/?igsh=MXhscXhzeXc4ZWJ5OQ==

    13. theonlyhonez on

      Focus your thoughts on the side knobs of your front tire. Forget about the seat. Make the inside knobs eat dirt.

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