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<blockquote data-quote="Oldjeep" data-source="post: 1460595" data-attributes="member: 93148"><p>Yeah, I've seen that and to be honest that is the habit that it took years for me to break.</p><p></p><p>I'm a downhill ski racer - angulation (counter lean) is key due to how skis bite the snow, the fact that you are trying to turn close to gates and that you have almost unlimited angle available (until your boot buckles hit the snow). Now on the skis you have the ability to stick your ass mass towards the inside of the turn - doing that on a bike is a little trickier.</p><p></p><p>On a bike, I have a very limited angle before hardparts start hitting the road. If my mass is on the inside of the turn it requires a lot less angle and a lot less hard parts dragging to make that turn. With your body mass going the wrong way, it requires more bike angle - if you have it.</p><p></p><p>In this picture, the ski on the left (right ski/outside ski) is basically the tire of the bike.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]5505[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldjeep, post: 1460595, member: 93148"] Yeah, I've seen that and to be honest that is the habit that it took years for me to break. I'm a downhill ski racer - angulation (counter lean) is key due to how skis bite the snow, the fact that you are trying to turn close to gates and that you have almost unlimited angle available (until your boot buckles hit the snow). Now on the skis you have the ability to stick your ass mass towards the inside of the turn - doing that on a bike is a little trickier. On a bike, I have a very limited angle before hardparts start hitting the road. If my mass is on the inside of the turn it requires a lot less angle and a lot less hard parts dragging to make that turn. With your body mass going the wrong way, it requires more bike angle - if you have it. In this picture, the ski on the left (right ski/outside ski) is basically the tire of the bike. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1694798643262.jpeg"]5505[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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