9/8 When you're on a bicycle making a tight turn, should you turn your
weight into the turn like motorcycles to make the curve better?
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Also, when you need to brake in a turn should you use your rear
or front more?
\_ Generally, on a bicycle you should lean the bike more than your
body, the opposite of the motorcycle situation. You don't have
pegs or pipes to hit ground on a bicycle.
You have a limited amount of traction in a corner, and that
traction can be used for either braking or cornering. If
you have to brake in a corner, straighten up as much as you
can, and hit both brakes. The actual rearward force mostly
comes from the front brake, because your weight transfers
forward when you brake. -tom
\_ In some conditions you might do that, I think mainly if
there is poor traction. But you don't really see road racers
doing that. It's kind of dangerous.
For braking, rear is more stable. Front braking can make you
wash out the front tire. |
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