Originally Posted by
elcruxio
Going through corners so fast you need to brake while cornering is safe?
Straw man fallacy.
Once more,
braking in corners is safe, at low speeds and near the limits of traction. They physics of that is clear.
Say you're in the middle of a 0.9g turn, and you apply 0.2g of braking force. You'll skid out, right?
Wrong.
0.2g of braking in a 0.9g turn produces 0.92g of skid-out force -- an addition of a mere 0.02g and still well below the skid-out level.
Originally Posted by
elcruxio
If the aim is to go through corners safely, why risk it with dividing traction between braking and cornering?
False assumption. Braking in a turn is not risky, as demonstrated above.
Originally Posted by
elcruxio
...losing traction on either tire whilst doing a road descent is the last thing one wants. Hence braking with the rear tire whilst cornering is a bad idea.
More uninformed fear mongering. I use both front and rear brakes in every turn. Not using both brakes is a bad idea.