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Looking for some advice. I've got a fat bike with 4.8 tyres and a 68 degree head tube angle. I've noticed that when leaning the bike over into berms it can take what seems like an age before the bike changes direction, which often results in me reflexively shifting my weight back , even though I know it's the wrong thing to do. I do have better results when I psych myself up and commit a little more and get more aggressive, but this is hit and miss and that initial reluctance to turn is still disconcerting and means that I'm not finding flow as often as I would like. I presume that this slowness to turn is due to the overall diameter of the wheels and tyres. Is that right? Would a smaller wheel and tyre combination be more eager to turn into corners?
Have you tried more counter steer? I've found that works so well with my larger wheeled, slacker, fatter tyred bike...
That makes a lot of sense! Thanks!
Someone made a video about it:
About 1:20
which often results in me reflexively shifting my weight back , even though I know it's the wrong thing to do.
It's not.
Weight forward for fast long corners, weight back for short quick ones. If you want to get the bike to change direction quickly your weight needs to be back, not forwards, to get your CoG closer to the pivot point which is the rear wheel.
I always feel that shiftimg my weight back helps turn the bike, but I worry that it also means that the front wheel has less grip..
Yes, but you're making it do less work.
Weight back for tight, forward for fast.