Originally Posted by
Fishmonger
I have a similar question: on my daily commute there's a fairly steep hill with a right curve at the bottom, and there are small pebbles on the road at that curve.
I sometimes will feather my front wheel, just because I've heart that braking helps you stick to the road and I don't want a rock to dump me (potentially not just into traffic, but on a blind corner with traffic behind me).
In that case I'd stay off the brakes. Weight transfer from braking can help traction in some situations but I don't think that's one of them. And in any case there's not much weight transfer if you're not braking hard.