Front Brake Oops...

Buck Mossie

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My guess is that he was lightly on the front brake and momentarily distracted. When he hit the speed bump he clamped down on the front brake and Shamwow... I wonder if his bike had ABS and if so would it have made a difference...

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How embarrassing...............yesterday at work i was doing about 5 klm and hour, thought i'd be smart and go between the speed bump and spoon drain , front tire hit spoon drain and near dropped it..........
 
Wrecka said:
How embarrassing...............yesterday at work i was doing about 5 klm and hour, thought i'd be smart and go between the speed bump and spoon drain , front tire hit spoon drain and near dropped it..........
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Your DS would keep the bike upright wouldn't it?
 
Ouch. That's terrifying. I am going to be very suspicious around speed-bumps now, especially after replacing the brakes recently - the fronts work like a vice.

Buck Mossie said:
I wonder if his bike had ABS and if so would it have made a difference...
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I think that depends what his rear wheel was doing at the time? If he had also clamped down on his rear brake and the back wheel stopped altogether, I don't know if ABS wouldn't just assume that the front wheel was fine and it was the back wheel that was sliding and needed pumping?
 
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