h.harb wrote:Ultimately curving the spine to get CB, isn't the goal
This reminds me of something that I recognized on the bike last summer. If you are cornering in sandy conditions you can more or less shove your bars to the side and down, bend the bike to the side, and essentially CB around the corner with your torso upright instead of the natural inclination to lean to the inside. Doing this keeps the tires from sliding (i.e., they carve, I guess!) If you stay square on your seat and CB just with the spine, this technique is harder and less effective. On the other hand, if you keep your hips parallel to the road and essentially ride on the side of the seat, it works pretty good. In fact, down a moderate slope, it's kind of fun to do this as if on a slalom course.
At the time I was impressed how similar this was to skiing movements.