Originally Posted by
terrymorse
Have you negotiated a twisting road without using your hands to steer? I know people who can do it, but they are rare. Maybe
livedarklions is one of them.
Based solely on my
observation of a few thousand riders over 20 years or so, most people steer with their hands, most of the time.
And I'd say you really can't observe whether their hands are merely adjusting the bars to maintain balance while leaning or initiating the turn with their hands. Your assertion is that countersteering is the predominant method of turning, that isn't synonomous with the hands play some role in turning. Humans are not conscious of most of the thousands of microadjustments they make per minute whenever they're locomoting or even just standing. You're just assuming the hand microadjustments are countersteers.
FWIW, I was once quite adept at riding miles no hands, but alas, that is one skill that did not age well.