Matt Bennett wrote:
>Dan Michaels wrote:
>>
>> Say what? Here's today's quiz, should you use the front brake
>> to slow down while in a turn? Or will physics toss you on your
>> ear?
>
>I took a roadracing course with Jason Pridmore, and he braked heavily
>with the front on every turn, all the way to the apex of the turn, where
>he started to accelerate.
...........


Well, shoot, you're no fun. I was asking MB ;-).

My understanding is std practice is to brake in the turn, so long
as all of the usual "fun scary" things are absent [gravel, wetness,
dead cats, 2x4's, etc]. BTW, I had my fun hitting gravel in a
hairpin turn once [spent a week every nite in the tub with a set
of tweezers after that], and a 2x4 on a freeway offramp. Course,
my buddy was hit from behind by a pickup truck on a freeway
offramp, so I'm not complaining.

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