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Re: Emergency braking and bird anatomy [was: Re: DVD copying and CSS]



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On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 01:53:35PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
> > What I never understood is locally they tell bicyclists that you stop
> > faster locking the brakes and everybody else to absolutely avoid doing
> 
> Its actually wrong also for bicycles. If you skid it takes a much
> longer time to stop.

Yes, I said that in my original article...

> Another thing a lot of casual cyclists don't know is that you actually
> should stop mostly with the front brake (which is much much more
> effective).
> You just need to make sure to hold yourself in place with your hands
> not to go over the handlebar. You do that and you won't flip.

[big snip...]

Oh, no more....argh.  Please learn.to/quote

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