grego@athena.UUCP (Grego Sanguinetti) (01/14/86)
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One thing that helps when backing down hill is to start your lean
before you start the turn. Assuming your going to back down a little
ways and then turn to the right (facing uphill), you would start
leaning to the right a little before turning the bars to the right.
As the front wheel turns to the right (into the hill) the tendency
of the bike is to roll about the front wheel in the direction of
gravity (down hill of course). This makes it very hard to balance
the bike since the hill is working you, i.e. you have more leverage
with the inside (uphill) leg than the outside (downhill).
You should put both feet down, if possible, and use the front
brake. If your at all worried about it then by all means tell
your passenger to take a hike!
grego@tektronix
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