Originally Posted by
SpeshulEd
When I say locking the front wheel, or any wheel, I mean that you stop the wheel from rotating. If you're going 20mph (or any relatively fast speed on a bike) and squeeze the front brake hard enough, that wheel will stop, it probably won't skid, and if enertia works, you'll probably go over the bars or close to it.
Locking the wheel can result in skid, but it doesn't have to. I can be standing still and lock a wheel by squeezing the brake and not letting it spin.
Anyway, this is silly and we're arguing over nothing. I was just giving you a little **** for saying you couldn't lock the front wheel. I didn't really mean for it to turn into a scientific discussion. It's all good.
I agree it's a distraction and I understand that after it was cleared up. That said, I still maintain that in an endo, your front wheel doesn't actually lock with respect the fork, except possibly in a controlled stunt endo like those guys with bars coming out of their wheels do. Anyway, I get what you meant and agree that the detail doesn't really matter.