Originally Posted by
cyccommute
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99% of the time I'm on my phone, a tiny Galaxy Discover. All the snazzy reply things are extremely hard. So it was easier for me, I've had internet since 1999, I know how it's done.
Automobiles aren't any more biased to the front brakes than any other vehicle. Bicycles, tandems, trucks, motorcycles and skateboards equipped with brakes (a really dumb idea) are all biased to the front brakes. Even bicycles equipped with a coaster brake only are biased towards the front. That's why they skid so well. It's the way that the physics works.
Based on a bit of Googling, I think you are talking about a motorcycle when you refer to a "Smart4too with gsxr engine". A motorcycle is very different from an automobile and more like a bicycle with a high center of gravity and a short wheel base.
ABS allows a car to make a controllable stop by pulsing the brakes so that the wheels don't skid. I think you are also confused about the way the ABS works. If they are working properly, you shouldn't be able to put enough force on the system so that it shuts off and the wheels lock up. The point of the ABS is to do exactly what mountain bike riders do, i.e. keep wheels from sliding to maintain control.
I never said they were more biased. I am a mechanic by trade. The Smart4Too I was talking about has a gsxr engine swapped in it, I can link the youtube video, it did endo's. You are confusing abs with traction control, both control wheel slippage, yes. ABs modulates braking, it can be overcome by slamming on the brakes, thats how cars slide x amount of feet because of wheel lock up.I can also tell you the proper way to bleed an ABS equipped car. I don't know what you meant about the beach cruiser. Not trying to sound like an ass, honestly. how can a bike lacking a front brake have a front brake bias? Weight transfer and momentum allows one to skid especially if you're off the saddle because it has less weight. I can lock mine up and it'll slide maybe five feet, out of saddle leaning forward, I might get that fifteen feet.
Nope. You are requiring too much thought and analysis for a very short time frame. Generally speaking, you should grab both brakes in a panic situation and pull. If the rear wheel starts to skid and you have enough time to remember, you let up on the front brake. Every situation where I've had to panic stop, there is too little time to actually think about much of anything outside of trying not to crash. I tend to let up on both brakes then get back on both brakes which accomplishes the same thing as just easing pressure on the front brake.
I'll give you this, it sounds a lot better than what I said when the situation is more instincts than thought. just yank them both and shift your weight towards the rear. You're right, I did put way too much thought in to it. I guess you'd say it was the engineer or something like that in me.
This is the video of the smart car- which did a wheelstand despite having ABS.