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dancing james
About a month ago I had a coaching session with an instructor in the Surrey Hills, he pointed out that I was rubbish at going around corners because I kept the bike too upright, and I was too high on the bike- arms and legs too straight to be able to move the bike around underneath me.
What I had to do was to bend my arms and legs, get my weight down and backward a bit, and really tip the bike in.
It's finally starting to gel somewhat - twisting my hips a little to allow my inside leg to move away from the bike in order to make a space for the top tube to go as the bike leans over is now starting to move from "have to think about this" to "doing this automatically", but not quite there yet.
What I've not been able to grok successfully is pressing down through each turn in a way very similar to turning when skiing - the idea being to generate grip through each turn.
Anyone got any tips on how to make this make sense to my lizard brain?