Odd chicken strips.... Not crispy

[moon]

You should be able to prove it, you ride on the right so it should be the opposite way round for you. Unless you are a fanatical leaner of course!

I have been called many things, Yen, but never a "fanatical leaner"...

[YEN_POWELL]

I have been called many things, Yen, but never a "fanatical leaner"...

It probably sounds more romantic in French.

[AckAckFlack]

Interesting. The camber idea sounds feasible. Ok so anyone on the forum that drives on the right side can confirm more chicken strips for right handed?

I also wonder if it is that i am slower on lefts.... On the basis that if you come in hot you will be into the traffic comeing towards you... Not good i am told.
Right handers would head you off into the field or bushes... Less death?
What I am not going to do is look at th speedo to confirm this on all my corners.

One other thought is that I carry my loose change in my right pocket and sometimes this can be as much as £2.50 in loose change therefore I am heavier on the right and tend to lean more!

Any more thoughts ?

[Titch]

Titch. you are the exception!

Like it....

[Charlie]

Do chicken strips really matter, even if they are uneven. Heck I have even had a centre line of used tyre, a bit of none used and then more used tyre then the chicken strip. Almost like a double chicken strip.

Chicken strips are only good for having competition with your mates, otherwise ignore them and just keep riding.

[AckAckFlack]

Do chicken strips really matter, even if they are uneven. Heck I have even had a centre line of used tyre, a bit of none used and then more used tyre then the chicken strip. Almost like a double chicken strip.

Chicken strips are only good for having competition with your mates, otherwise ignore them and just keep riding.

I am not precious about chicken strips nore do I feel lesser of a man for
it (presume smaller in this case would make me
more of a man) I was more intrigued by the fact they were not symetrical and why.

[Dee Duble Yuh]

Not sure I follow the argument about camber causing uneven chicken strips for two reasons:

1. outside of cities I think most bends have favourable cambers, i.e. right hand bends have cambers that fall away to the right;
2. one adjusts one's cornering forces to match the camber anyway, whether it is favourable or adverse.

When cornering I consider the angles in relation to the road surface, not in relation to absolute vertical/horizontal. If the road has an adverse camber I take the corner less quickly; if it has a favourable camber I take the corner faster. The tyre/surface angle remains almost* the same regardless of camber. (Think of the cornering vectors in relation to the road surface, i.e. one in parallel to the surface and the other perpendicular to the surface.)

As jasonbc says, most people simply have an aptitude for one side over the other. In my case I'm used to taking roundabouts hard (when it's safe!!!) because there's no on-coming traffice and the run-out area is wide; hence like you I have a slight preference for right-hand bends. I know others who prefer left-hand bends.

(* Physicists among you will recognise that the vectors are skewed by gravity, so the maximum tyre/surface angle will change slightly depending in camber, however the differences are small.)

[Hotgloves]

I think you hit the nail on the head with your cornering speeds theory, It is a nautral survival instinct that makes you more wary of crossing the white line and colliding with on coming traffic, So don't bother looking at your speed on corners, just look through the corner to the exit and keep looking forward.

[jasonbc]

All i know is that i don't care about the chicken strips or how fast i go round corners when i'm on the tarmac as long it stays rubber side on the deck