Re: Emergency braking and bird anatomy [was: Re: DVD copying and CSS]
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 08:53:43AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> > Its actually wrong also for bicycles. If you skid it takes a much
> > longer time to stop. 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.
>
> Maybe you should take that opinion to alt.mountain-bike. When you have
> a good bike with strong brakes, you won't just throw yourself over the
> handlebars; you'll flip the whole damn bike, especially when you're
> going downhill.
Oh, I missed that the first time...got lost trying to find context in
the poor quoting.
That's hilarious! I ride pretty often, and I almost never use my
front brake. Only if it's raining do I move to the front brake, and
even then, I don't go more than 50/50 front/back. Go ahead and do an
e-stop on only your front brake. Let me know how much farther you go
than the bike. Hint: How do you think the guy launched himself off
the mountain bike in that chocolate milk commercial?
> That being said, skidding is a bad idea while mountain biking for two
> reasons: one, you're out of control, and two, you're trashing the trail.
Big time.
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