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ihateblackbox
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Hi,
I was wondering why some riders lean their body off a bike into the corner when cornering? (a more extreme case being knee almost touching the floor for example)
The general explanation I get from riders more or less is this: When you lean your body off a bike, the bike has to lean less to have the same cornering effect. In other words, if you lean your body off your bike without changing the lean angle of the bike, the bike will corner more. It has something to do with contact surface area being more.
I don't really understand how this works.
1) How does the surface area of the tyre in contact with the road change if all you're doing is redistributing weight around the bike?
2) Assuming the contact patch does increase, this would increase the grip, that I can see. But how does it allow the bike to change its direction more? (with the same lean angle)
I was wondering why some riders lean their body off a bike into the corner when cornering? (a more extreme case being knee almost touching the floor for example)
The general explanation I get from riders more or less is this: When you lean your body off a bike, the bike has to lean less to have the same cornering effect. In other words, if you lean your body off your bike without changing the lean angle of the bike, the bike will corner more. It has something to do with contact surface area being more.
I don't really understand how this works.
1) How does the surface area of the tyre in contact with the road change if all you're doing is redistributing weight around the bike?
2) Assuming the contact patch does increase, this would increase the grip, that I can see. But how does it allow the bike to change its direction more? (with the same lean angle)
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