Originally Posted by
divide_by_0
Honestly, if someone can tell me how it matters, that would be great. Braking is a function of friction and energy. if you do big pulses less often or smaller pulses more often, should result in identical (or nearly identical) energy dissipation, assuming you speed stays similar with either method I could see an argument for letting up to allow some cooling, but you should be creating less heat with lighter braking and more heat with the harder pulsing (thus requiring some time off the rim to cool in between pulses).
anyone?
Newtons Law of Cooling says that objects cool faster the greater the temperature difference between masses. The harder pulse heats up the rims more than the shorter pulse so it can dissipate heat faster into the air during the cooling time.