to go around a right bend turn the handlebars to the right, lean left,and push down on the right floor board how does this sound? 41 days on a trike
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I beg you pardon, but I think must differ with you joe, 'specially on the leaning.
To turn right (to use your example) on a trike I:
Push with the left and pull with the right arms. Actually, if the turn is gentle, it's more applying pressure than it is pushing. If it is gentle and slow, that is the extent of it right there. Most of the time I push down on the outside peg a slight bit to steady the force to the outside of the turn, no leaning at more sedate speeds.
If the riding is a bit more sprited, to counteract the centrifugal force pushing to the outside of the curve, I lean into the turn. In this case to the right side of the trike. In a hard turn, most if not all of my body weight is on the right buttcheek. The center of my body will be in line with, if not outside of, the right hand on the bar.
I push down on the opposite peg from the turn. In this case a right turn. I push down on the left footpeg, again to counteract the force pushing to the outside of the the turn.
Now I know for the physics nit-pickers the terminology isn't quite right, but I hope that sounds like it makes sense. 17 years triking here, but do what works and is comfortable for you.
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