Old 02-12-18, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by mgb
I remember reading in an older book that one way to stop a bike when the brakes had failed was to spin the handlebars to get the front wheel sideways and let the front wheel and forks collapse into the ground! How would you practice that maneuver?
You don't even want to try.

Turning the front wheel sideways is a 100% sure way to cause an endo.
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