almost went down in a bad way today!
10-27-07, 05:22 PM
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almost went down in a bad way today!
so i guess i am lucky to be sitting here a writing this. i am visiting my parents this weekend. they live in the niagra region of Canada. brought my bike to do some riding because unllike my area they have nice hills here. it was wet out, my tires have 4700kms on them. i was going down a windy hill at about 50km/h , wanted to slow for the upcoming corner grabbed the rear brake and wasn't slowing much. grabbed a little harder and locked up the rear wheel. i let off and tried again b/c the corner was apporaching fast. same result. almost crapped my pants, i was able to scrub some speed and leaned the bike in and rode it through the corner. i have crashed my motorcycle road racing a few times with bad results. then about 66km into my ride i got a flot on the way home so i change my tube and tire for a new one. i'll be out again tommorrow and a little more careful this time.
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As you brake, your weight pitches forward so the front wheel has most of the downward force on it and the rear has less (thus less braking power can be applied). That's why using the front brake is the number one brake to use and the rear is an aid in braking. You can understand this concept of greater downward force through the front wheel if you go to the braking extreme and the rear wheel lifts up (or worse you do an endo). Of course using both brakes help even more than just the front one, but in the right proportion with much heavier braking on the front. The harder you brake the more the proportion of braking should be from the front.
As you brake, your weight pitches forward so the front wheel has most of the downward force on it and the rear has less (thus less braking power can be applied). That's why using the front brake is the number one brake to use and the rear is an aid in braking. You can understand this concept of greater downward force through the front wheel if you go to the braking extreme and the rear wheel lifts up (or worse you do an endo). Of course using both brakes help even more than just the front one, but in the right proportion with much heavier braking on the front. The harder you brake the more the proportion of braking should be from the front.
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As you brake, your weight pitches forward so the front wheel has most of the downward force on it and the rear has less (thus less braking power can be applied). That's why using the front brake is the number one brake to use and the rear is an aid in braking. You can understand this concept of greater downward force through the front wheel if you go to the braking extreme and the rear wheel lifts up (or worse you do an endo). Of course using both brakes help even more than just the front one, but in the right proportion with much heavier braking on the front. The harder you brake the more the proportion of braking should be from the front.
As you brake, your weight pitches forward so the front wheel has most of the downward force on it and the rear has less (thus less braking power can be applied). That's why using the front brake is the number one brake to use and the rear is an aid in braking. You can understand this concept of greater downward force through the front wheel if you go to the braking extreme and the rear wheel lifts up (or worse you do an endo). Of course using both brakes help even more than just the front one, but in the right proportion with much heavier braking on the front. The harder you brake the more the proportion of braking should be from the front.
You DEFINATELY should've used the front brake - IF you have one....
