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 ===Unconscious behavior===
 Countersteering is indispensable for bike steering. Most people are not consciously aware that they employ countersteering when riding their bike any more than they are aware of the physics of walking. They have learned to subsconciously apply the required countersteering.
-As is well-known in [[bicycle racing]], the countersteering phenomenon becomes evident when there is an obstacle preventing the wheel from countersteering (e.g., when closely overlapping wheels or riding very close to a curb). In these situations, the only way to initiate a turn away from the obstacle is to come into contact with it, that is, countersteer towards the wheel or curb to avoid crashing into it.<ref name="Wilson"/> Lack of understanding of this principle leads to accidents in novice bicycle races.
 ===Gyroscopic effects===