Brakes.
FFS.
Brakes.
FFS.
On curvy or straight roads. If you lose the rear wheel in a turn, you've lost it and cannot recover. Emergency braking means braking at maximum deceleration which is limited by the rear wheel lifting. If the rear wheel just-just wants to lift and you apply rear brakes, it will quickly lose traction and move out sideways and you'll lose control. Emergency braking (and hard practiced braking) involves the front wheel only.
In situations where traction is limited it gets a bit more complex but the long and the short of it is front brake to be applied harder than rear.
After struggling with the thread title, I'm a broken man.
Please share your experience and point out where you differ.Little of this accords with my experience.
I'm a pragmatic pedant, but when I have to read a sentence three times and then translate it into English to make sense, I know that my pragmatism has limits.I keep looking at it hoping it will change before my very own eyes.
Not necessarily. On upright bikes with luggage on the back, the rear wheel is very difficult to lift with the front brake and you really really need the rear wheel braking to help stop you sooner. Of course, I still agree with this:Emergency braking means braking at maximum deceleration which is limited by the rear wheel lifting. If the rear wheel just-just wants to lift and you apply rear brakes, it will quickly lose traction and move out sideways and you'll lose control. Emergency braking (and hard practiced braking) involves the front wheel only.
the long and the short of it is front brake to be applied harder than rear.
Oh No..... not another spelling policeman. Do you get a huge kick by correcting people on their spelling on an internet forum?Brakes.
FFS.
Oh No..... not another spelling policeman. Do you get a huge kick by correcting people on their spelling on an internet forum?
Give him a break, he's only trying to help.Oh No..... not another spelling policeman. Do you get a huge kick by correcting people on their spelling on an internet forum?
Yes, that is quite doable. However, the skid is confined (and caused) by something small and slippery and there is sufficient traction beside it to recover. The scenario I'm talking about is the one where the surface is uniformly slippery or, uniformly abrasive but you have lost traction.I've had the rear wheel slide out in turns many a time (wet manhole covers, that kind of thing) without anything worse than a bit of a lurch. I've never recovered a front wheel slide
Because the misspelt word completely changes the meaning. I had to check it was not in the racing sub group. It is not difficult to get it right.Oh No..... not another spelling policeman. Do you get a huge kick by correcting people on their spelling on an internet forum?