Re: [Fwd: RT Linked Brakes]

[Bob MacFarland <emoto1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruno Valeri wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Bob MacFarland" <emoto1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <oilheads@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 1:57 PM
>Subject: Re: [Fwd: RT Linked Brakes]
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>>Yes, engine braking is good and all, but what I was trying to
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>ask about
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>>in a specific way was experience downhill on mud or other
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>slippery
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>>surfaces, where if one did NOT have linked brakes, one would
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>wish toi
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>>apply the rear brake only.
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>It would have been impossible (or at least very difficult) for me
>to complete this ride by applying strong front brake. I needed to
>sit way back on my seat (mountain bike style) and use the rear
>brake with only the faintest use of the front. Otherwise it would
>lock.
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>Likewise going around the steepish hairpins would have been risky
>using the front.
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>http://pages.infinit.net/mcrides/nwfld03/nfld037c.htm
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Bruno, the road shown in the link above is *exactly* the sort of thing 
that I find myself on from time to time, and the reason I asked. I 
cannot see having a bike that insists on applying front brake every time 
I use the rear. Even having ABS that cannot be switched off is a bit of 
a liability. I almost had a problem on the road up to Meat Cove, NS one 
time on a rainy day because the ABS kept kicking in so I couldn't get my 
speed down to what I wanted.

Bob

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