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3/26/2019 11:44am
3/26/2019 11:44am
I drag my rear breaks a lot through turns. I have heard both sides that it's good to do and bad to do. I've seen some pros on the rear break through turns and heard that pros are more free wheeling through the turns.
Who knows when to do it and when not?
How do y'all practice rear breaking in turns. I'm going to spin some laps without the rear break leaver this weekend and see how it goes.
Who knows when to do it and when not?
How do y'all practice rear breaking in turns. I'm going to spin some laps without the rear break leaver this weekend and see how it goes.
I only use the rear when im braking before the corner
The Shop
Edit: I always use it entering corners.
The chain torque pulls the rear end down and gives you a little more stability and keeps the bike from unloading if you hit a hard bump.
An example:
Last week at the practice track I went to, there was a big table jump followed by a left hand sweeper with a shoulder high hump in it and then a right hander. You couldn't launch the hump or you'd blow the right hander. I drug the brake up the face of the hump with the throttle nearly wide open where it had developed a bunch of chop from other guys just decelerating. It was worth a ton of extra speed over that section.
Exiting really rough rutted turns, a very light pressure on the rear brake can help keep the bike moving forward instead of popping up as you exit the rut and hit the hard acceleration chop.
Helps keep the bike in the rut and it lowers the front forks so it tightens up the geometry and makes the bike turn in better and hold the line better.
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