Turns On Downhills

[drca]

Hi:

 

Newbie here, and today I started to practices tight turns on a downhill slope.  The drill is going down a slope (20 to 30% I'd say) then initiate a as tight as possible turn to go back up hill.

 

My tendency is to lean the bike "in" the turn (which is toward the uphill side) and that just causes the front wheel to wash out (it's in pretty loose dirt).  So I was wondering what's the right approach in that case?  Try to keep the bike vertical and weigh the outside peg?  I tried and that makes the balancing really difficult.

 

Thanks.

 

DC

[crazybond700]

I would suggest experiment yourself!

 

Try the same corner multiple times, and try 1 thing at a time. What happens when I move the weight left or right, front or rear, or both. One thing to remember, as said in previous post, you can also weight the bars!

[paulmac]

Good advice above - also a bit of momentum is your friend - if you're too slow makes it more difficult to apply the power smoothly.

[cleanorbust]

In addition to weighting the outside handlebar, actively pulling upwards on the inner bar can help the turn. I learnt that one from a former British champion. It's all about percentage gains in defeating the factors which might make you fail.

[drca]

Thanks for the advice, will start to work on it today.

 

Happy trails.

[johnnyboxer]

Thanks for that