Somewhat related, it's interesting how non-intuitive steering is to people for motorcycles and bicycles. They do it correctly, but it's hard to reason about.
That is, that pushing the left handgrip forward, at speed, turns left and not right. Yet, at very slow speeds, like walking it, it's the opposite.
After a few years of riding motorcycles I once went on my first snowmobile ride. The controls were so close to a bike that I kept countersteering into the side of the trail. Once I figured out what I was doing wrong, I had great fun from then on.
The other interesting thing is how hard it is to convince non-riders that counter-steering is a thing. They will just not believe you. Even people who've grown up riding bicycles and counter-steering unconsciously their entire childhood.
>> pushing the left handgrip forward, at speed, turns left and not right
This is the most counter intuitive physics i’ve ever experienced.
The really weird thing is i’d been riding pushbikes all my life and had my motorbike license almost a year before i learned this. It wasn’t taught as part of the licence training.
Super handy to know as a tool, it’s kept me from going for a closer look at the scenery on a couple of occasions.
You should try a sidecar. Want to go left, turn left. Want to go right, turn right, but not too fast because the chair takes to the air and now motorcycle physics are involved.
that reminds me of a street hustle in london where a guy had reversed the steering mechanism and would bet you a pound you couldnt steer it straight 5 meters.
pretty interesting to me that we can reverse our intuition.
That is, that pushing the left handgrip forward, at speed, turns left and not right. Yet, at very slow speeds, like walking it, it's the opposite.