Hmmm, now I'm confused 
. I'm English and have front / right and left / rear. I brake like a car does, hard on the front brakes and at the same time, about half as hard on the rears. This stops the car / bike pitching forwards and dangerously unweighting the rear of the car / bike and allows a controlled stop. If you somehow disconnected the rear brakes on your car and tried a hard braking manouvre, you'd probably spin out and die...
. I'm English and have front / right and left / rear. I brake like a car does, hard on the front brakes and at the same time, about half as hard on the rears. This stops the car / bike pitching forwards and dangerously unweighting the rear of the car / bike and allows a controlled stop. If you somehow disconnected the rear brakes on your car and tried a hard braking manouvre, you'd probably spin out and die...
...But you could also spin out by overloading the rears and locking them. Balance and modulation are keys to safe braking.
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Originally posted by Astra
Hmmm, now I'm confused . I'm English and have front / right and left / rear. I brake like a car does, hard on the front brakes and at the same time, about half as hard on the rears. This stops the car / bike pitching forwards and dangerously unweighting the rear of the car / bike and allows a controlled stop. If you somehow disconnected the rear brakes on your car and tried a hard braking manouvre, you'd probably spin out and die...
I could be wrong about this but my understanding is that the amount of 'unweighting' of the rear is a function of how hard the brakes are applied and is completely independant of which brake is applied.Originally posted by Astra
Hmmm, now I'm confused
. I'm English and have front / right and left / rear. I brake like a car does, hard on the front brakes and at the same time, about half as hard on the rears. This stops the car / bike pitching forwards and dangerously unweighting the rear of the car / bike and allows a controlled stop. If you somehow disconnected the rear brakes on your car and tried a hard braking manouvre, you'd probably spin out and die...
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Originally posted by Joe Gardner
I have left / front, right / rear. This is the default on this side of the pond. However, one of my ridding buddys has changed his to left / rear, I believe this is due to his motorcycle days? Im not sure...
I feel that do it to confuse us old motorcycle riders Some of us confuse easily anyway.Originally posted by Joe Gardner
I have left / front, right / rear. This is the default on this side of the pond. However, one of my ridding buddys has changed his to left / rear, I believe this is due to his motorcycle days? Im not sure...
Joe
I discuss this issue in some depth in my article on Braking and Turning
Sheldon "Right Front" Brown
Sheldon "Right Front" Brown
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mmmm this is an interesting thread.
I have to say I have never ever thought about how exactly I ride a bike. I guess it's instinctive, you know a product of xxyrs ( well a lot but I'm not saying how many hehe) years of cycling experience.
After giving it a bit of thought. (its too dark outside to ride right now)
I do the same as Astra
I have to say I have never ever thought about how exactly I ride a bike. I guess it's instinctive, you know a product of xxyrs ( well a lot but I'm not saying how many hehe) years of cycling experience.
After giving it a bit of thought. (its too dark outside to ride right now)
I do the same as Astra
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I brake like a car does, hard on the front brakes and at the same time, about half as hard on the rears.
I am very heavy so with good weight transfer there is little chance of me going over the front bars. I do have a lot of trouble stopping downhill though especially if its wet. I brake like a car does, hard on the front brakes and at the same time, about half as hard on the rears.
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Originally posted by Dutchy
I have noticed from previous posts that the bikes in the US have the front brake on the left side and the rear brake on the right side, is that true?
Down here, all bikes have the front brake on the right and the rear brake on the left.
Why would they be any different? or am I mistaken.
CHEERS.
Mark
Well that is the same as a motorcycle here in the states, so its not too odd for anyone with mx experienceOriginally posted by Dutchy
I have noticed from previous posts that the bikes in the US have the front brake on the left side and the rear brake on the right side, is that true?
Down here, all bikes have the front brake on the right and the rear brake on the left.
Why would they be any different? or am I mistaken.
CHEERS.
Mark
Nothing to say. Just wanted to bring this thread back to the top after recent interest in another thread.
On my Shimano STI levers the right shifts the rear derailleur so I set it up to the rear brake too. I have the same set up on my MT bike right is both rear derailler and brake.
On the Mapei Cycling Web Site you can see the bike setup for each of their (former) riders.
https://www.mapei.it/worldcycling/cor...cheda.asp?ID=2
The majority of the team was European, primarily Italian.
The majority of riders had SX (left front) braking rather than DX.
as for me, I like the right front, partially because it matches my motorcycle setup, partially because I want my dominant hand on the dominant brake.
I would rather overbrake the front than the rear on most level surfaces. If you think you are about to do an endo, you can quickly shift your weight to the rear and control it easily.
Locking the rear wheel is a far more difficult situation to control.
https://www.mapei.it/worldcycling/cor...cheda.asp?ID=2
The majority of the team was European, primarily Italian.
The majority of riders had SX (left front) braking rather than DX.
as for me, I like the right front, partially because it matches my motorcycle setup, partially because I want my dominant hand on the dominant brake.
I would rather overbrake the front than the rear on most level surfaces. If you think you are about to do an endo, you can quickly shift your weight to the rear and control it easily.
Locking the rear wheel is a far more difficult situation to control.