Hello all, I'm new to the forum, but I've been to the level 1 and 2 courses.
My question is this: going through some long sweepers, I've noticed that I can keep my arms a lot more loose going through corners by only using my outside arm to steer.
My theory is this: it's easy to stiffen up on the bars if you push with your inside arm, as you naturally want to stiffen your arm
when you push.
When you pull with the outside arm, however, being stiff becomes almost impossible.
I bring this up because I've read in Lee Parks' Total Control that you should only use your inside arm to steer, but I'm finding
more and more that the outside-arm method really works.
In theory, you need to push with the inside arm in order to pivot steer, but I've found that I can still use the leverage gained
from pushing on the outside peg to help pull on the outside bar.
My question to all the cornering gurus here: am I nuts, or on to something? Outside-arm steering feels counter-intuitive at
first (like everything else on a bike), but I really feel like it works.
Please share your thoughts and opinions. I'd really like to hear what other riders have to say about this.