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



On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 09:40:01AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> I just keep well-tuned brakes and don't think about it anymore, since
> I can pretty close to stop on a dime up to about 20 MPH on my bike
> using the rear brake alone.

I don't know about that. Using just the rear break. I can completely lock
my back wheel and my bike will keep going (especially downhill). It's
not that the back break is too weak (it's locking the wheel). It's just
that there's only so much breaking the back wheel can do.

Bijan
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Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com>
http://www.crasseux.com

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