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Old 04-27-16, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jsigone
haha that is very opposite of what you just typed. 6ft at 15mph, That is about the width of a car...... Once you lock up the tire, you lose the ability to brake any faster, you are just skidding rubber not stopping.

What about 40mph downhill decent?
I stopped without locking wheels. In most instances the differences with either zero or 2-3 feet. The one six foot difference was with wet wheels after riding through a big long puddle where a lawn sprinkler system was bring turned on.
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