Originally Posted by
seypat
Dang, I thought it just happens naturally, like osmosis. I didn't realize it was that technical. Now, I'm thinking about how I trigger a turn. Honestly, I can't come up with an answer at the moment.
Your first sentence is correct. You learned to do it without consciously understanding it. Our brains are "wired" so that maintaining our locomotion really isn't a series of conscious decisions to move this body part or another. If you had to actually think through all of the adjustments your body needs to maintain balance while bipedal walking, you just wouldn't be able to do it.
I was probably 4 years old when I learned how to turn a bike, pretty sure I wasn't doing it theoretically. "Relearning" another method is unrealistic . My brain simply isn't capable of redoing all the instinctive calculations that go into controlling myself on the vehicle.