NOTE TO READER

The phrase look, lean, roll originates in a motorcycle safety class. When making a turn on a motorcycle, the whole process goes against every natural instinct. You don’t turn the handlebars in the direction you want to go; rather you first look in the direction you wish to move, then lean your body mightily in that direction—even when you’re sure that such a lean will cause you to fall over. Finally, you roll the throttle to give the bike more gas to recover from the turn. In the midst of the most difficult parts, it feels as if something is horribly wrong, yet leaning hard into the turn is the only way to go. If you try to be conservative and commit only halfway, you will fail to complete the turn. The riskier the turn feels, and the more you’re certain you cannot possibly make it, the more you have to fully tilt into it.

Then turn on the gas.