Timeline for Do skilled cyclists really "use the front brake alone probably 95% of the time"?
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| Mar 7, 2019 at 13:27 | comment | added | John Hunt | This is nonsense. If you practice with the front brake alone you'll know exactly how much force you can use (and it's a lot if you move your body weight to the right place). | |
| Sep 27, 2014 at 18:19 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | @trailmax - We're talking about the speed with which it happens -- faster than humans can respond. And I was speaking of two different videos, one of bike flipping over forwards, one of a tractor flipping over backwards, both eerily similar. | |
| Sep 27, 2014 at 18:11 | comment | added | trailmax | @DanielRHicks don't think tractors are applicable here being mechanised and much bigger. Not sure what video you refer to. And it is a matter of practice when to release the break. We talking about "skilled cyclists", aren't we? | |
| Sep 26, 2014 at 16:32 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | @trailmax - If you watch the video I did it's clear that by the time you realize you're going to head-over it's too late. Same with tractors and a tow chain wrapped around the axle -- folks think they will feel the front wheels rise off the ground and release the clutch fast enough to stop it, but watching the video of that it happens in the blink of an eye. | |
| Mar 23, 2013 at 22:56 | comment | added | trailmax | highly disagree with "slightly in advance of the front brake" and the reasoning behind it. If you can feel the rear wheel skidding, you can surely feel that the bike is going upwards and going to tip you over. If you don't feel the bike position, no skidding is going to help you. | |
| Aug 26, 2012 at 15:01 | comment | added | Tom77 | If you apply the rear brake the rear wheel will skid just before it leaves it the ground, warning you that you're about to go over the handlebars. | |
| Aug 25, 2012 at 23:10 | comment | added | Tim | What does this mean? "A slight skid at the rear will warn you... may tip" What in the world does tipping have to do with it? I use the front brake. | |
| Aug 24, 2012 at 18:37 | vote | accept | amcnabb | ||
| Aug 22, 2012 at 19:55 | history | answered | Tom77 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |