CD's Saturday cycling tip: working yourself into a corner

Cycledork manages most curves and turns with all the panache of a barge on a pond. Nevertheless it's understood that there are ways to smooth the transition from going in one direction to going in another. Approaching the turn or curve, bring the knee to the inside of the movement up. Sometimes it helps to go a little to the outside of the original travel lane before the turn to get to the inside of the new travel lane. Even though there's a front wheel that turns, try not to turn it through the direction change. Lean the bike instead keeping the front wheel straight. Brake ahead of the curve or turn. Avoid using brakes in a curve or turn for the same reason that action should be avoided in a car — it's a recipe for skidding and losing control. All easy to say, harder for c'dork to accomplish. But the results when it comes together are enough to keep me working at it. Maybe techniquewise cycledork can eventually trade up from a barge to a sunfish.