Originally Posted by
NoRacer
Emergency braking = front brake + butt unseated and hanging over rear wheel
With some rims (i.e., carbon w/ceramic or proprietary braking surface), you may have to throw in the rear brakes, but modulate them--never yank it hard.
No. When emergency braking use both brakes
and push off the back of the bicycle. If the rear starts to slide, release pressure on the
front brake which puts the rear back in contact with the ground. A rolling wheel stops faster than a sliding one. This is Mountain Biking 101. If it works in mountain biking, you can bet it will work anywhere.
Now the geek part: On a
bicycle (very different beasty than a motorcycle), you can easily pivot around the front hub under even mild braking pressure. The center of gravity of the vehicle is much, much higher than on a motorcycle and the vehicle is much, much lighter. If you brake while seated, you can generate 0.5g of deceleration with the brakes before you pivot around the front axle because of the high center of gravity. But if you move the center of gravity back and down (even as little as 2 cm back and 4 cm down), you increase the deceleration you can generate nearly 1g.