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Thoughts on braking
I have a mountain bike, and I go riding in the australian bush a lot.
A lot of the times, there are tracks, with extremely steep descents. The sort of thing which I can barely pull my bike up by hand when I need to go back. They usually have gravel/small rocks on them, and I find its often easies to just lock my wheels and slide down skidding, often for a vertical distacnce of 50 meters or so at a time. YOu need to have good balance though. On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 21:36:05 -0400, Rick Onanian wrote: On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 00:08:29 +0000 (UTC), asqui wrote: As for the "death trap" comment: A front brake is a death trap because it can be misused and cause an accident, but a rear brake is not a deathtrap when the only way for you to stop with it from speed involves sliding all over the place and possibly under the wheels of another vehicle? Don't forget the whole reason you're panic-braking in the first place: to avoid a hazard in front of you. The rear brake [used alone for panic-stopping] is a deathtrap because it won't accomplish anything. When I was a little kid getting my fun out of skidding as long as I possibly could, I found that with a little more speed I layed a LOT longer track. I can't imagine what would happen with the speeds I reach now and the tiny contact patch on my 700x23c @ 125 psi tires...I bet I could maintain my speed skidding down a moderate hill. Dani |
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I have a mountain bike, and I go riding in the australian bush a lot. A lot of the times, there are tracks, with extremely steep descents. The sort of thing which I can barely pull my bike up by hand when I need to go back. They usually have gravel/small rocks on them, and I find its often easies to just lock my wheels and slide down skidding, often for a vertical distacnce of 50 meters or so at a time. YOu need to have good balance though. Exactly the kind of behavior which damages trails. Perhaps it is less of an issue because of the low rainfall in the outback, but skidding down trails in wetter areas messes up the drainage and results in water using the trail as a conduit - which results in greater erosion. Learn to decend without skidding. A rolling wheel provides greater control than a skidding wheel. Brake to the point just before lockup. See how easy it is to decend when you aren't sliding. -Buck |
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Beleive me, this doesnt cause any erosion, some of the rocks are
gravel, but some are as large as your head Also, by locking the wheels, and deflating the wheels to about 10psi, I get much better traction than if i roll. Rolling I've had my brake pads melt. Note these arent bike tracks, they are abandoned walking tracks. Only the rangers drive through them on VERY chunky 4wds. On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:53:24 GMT, "Buck" j u n k m a i l @ g a l a x y c o r p . c o m wrote: "Arpit" wrote in message I have a mountain bike, and I go riding in the australian bush a lot. A lot of the times, there are tracks, with extremely steep descents. The sort of thing which I can barely pull my bike up by hand when I need to go back. They usually have gravel/small rocks on them, and I find its often easies to just lock my wheels and slide down skidding, often for a vertical distacnce of 50 meters or so at a time. YOu need to have good balance though. Exactly the kind of behavior which damages trails. Perhaps it is less of an issue because of the low rainfall in the outback, but skidding down trails in wetter areas messes up the drainage and results in water using the trail as a conduit - which results in greater erosion. Learn to decend without skidding. A rolling wheel provides greater control than a skidding wheel. Brake to the point just before lockup. See how easy it is to decend when you aren't sliding. -Buck |
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