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Gotta have those skid marksYou didn't purchase the extra cost ABS option for your brakes?
Hydraulic Brake Question
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Csubi
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The front brake is the most effective, giving between 60 & 80% of the bike's stopping power in hard stops, depending upon surface conditions. This is because most of the weight of the bike and rider transfers forward onto the front wheel when the brakes are applied.
Source: The All Mighty Google.
Source: The All Mighty Google.
Wonder if this is as true for bikes as it is for cars and motorcycles? After all, whereas in a car (at least for cars with an engine in the front!) most of the weight is in the front (60% or more) and suspensions tend to "dive" with hard braking, bikes aren't like that. The other thing is that I've been taught over the years to bias toward the rear, to avoid flipping over the bars on hard breaking. Indeed, my spouse didn't once, and paid the price...
I guess I just don't see any way to transfer weight forward, unless one is going down a very steep hill!
Yea, it probably doesn't matter, just check them on your bike often, and be aware of "signals" that it's time for a change.
Wonder if this is as true for bikes as it is for cars and motorcycles? After all, whereas in a car (at least for cars with an engine in the front!) most of the weight is in the front (60% or more) and suspensions tend to "dive" with hard braking, bikes aren't like that. The other thing is that I've been taught over the years to bias toward the rear, to avoid flipping over the bars on hard breaking. Indeed, my spouse didn't once, and paid the price...
I guess I just don't see any way to transfer weight forward, unless one is going down a very steep hill!
Pretty easy to test - set speed, set braking point, try two runs with front / rear. Perhaps a few more runs getting right back over the rear wheel.
Front for stopping, rear for steering
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