The body should incline with the rear wheel and maintain the same plane with it, becoming as much as possible a part of the wheel, as though united by a straight bar going from …

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The body should incline with the rear wheel and maintain the same plane with it, becoming as much as possible a part of the wheel, as though united by a straight bar going from the base of the tire to the top of the head.

–The Common Sense of Bicycling,
Maria E. Ward

Which sentence best paraphrases the instructions in the passage?

The rider should lean back toward the rear wheel, so that his or her head is above the wheel.
The rider should check the rear wheel to make sure that it is attached to the frame.
The rider should remain in line with the rear wheel, leaning with it and not against it.
The rider should keep as steady as the bar that connects the rear wheel to the handlebars.