Re: Emergency braking and bird anatomy [was: Re: DVD copying and CSS]
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 10:42:44AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
> I believe the proper technique is to brake harder with the front brakes
> and apply enough pressure to the rear brakes so that you can feel when
> the rear wheel is just about to lift off.
Nope. The proper technique is to brake harder with the back and use
the front for auxillary power, since then the force of you braking is
being used to torque yourself down to the ground instead of torquing
you over the bars. What you suggest is dangerously stupid and the
source of a lot of bike/pedestrian collisions in Portland.
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