Can I just point out you don't just need to do this on the bike. You should be doing this in your cars as well. Especially for those (such as myself) who don't ride all the time, you need to keep this working, pretty much everything else falls down if you are looking as to where you want to be.
Teaching this stuff we use the old ball sports trick. You want to hit the golf ball, you look at it, same with tennis, squash anything. So on your bike, or in your car, if you don't want to hit it, don't look at it. Look to where you want to go.
And while this might sound stupid, its that much of a reaction to me, I walk like that now, looking up ahead, unlike sooo many people who look down at their feet. (the added plus of this is it makes you look more confident ;-) )
This reminds me of a bit of a scare I had this weekend, apparently I have gotten a little out of practice lately, but it was a perfect day (except for a bit of left over gravel washed over the roads) so I rode some reasonably familiar open roads. Anyway as it happened I approached a left (and blind) corner after a straight at about the speed limit (60 or 80) but (a) i was a bit distracted by another car beforehand and (b) it turned out that was a much sharper corner to the rest! So my car driving instinct was to slow down and steer, and as it can happen I must have forgotten to really push through with some strong countersteering and actually look where I wanted to be (as opposed to oh crap I am going wide!). As it was I straightened up a little and braked lightly, then took the corner from there, so I got lucky noone was coming the other day but I did avoid any other trouble. I'm not sure what to say on that one except it is all too easy to lose focus for a moment and so completely lose my cornering ability :S
I violently HATE IT when the sole reason I got through a corner was because I got lucky, and not because of good skill, riding technique, and experience.
*&$#%##!!!
Luck is fickle, and luck runs out.
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Re: Why look where you want to go?
