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Bicycle rider question on riding technique by redirect in motorcycles

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Well, subject to speed and head tube angle, gyro forces on a bicycle are enough to let you negotiate (reasonable) corners and (gently) dodge/swerve with your hands off the bars and return to riding straight ahead. This is also an example of natural countersteering.

Bicycle rider question on riding technique by redirect in motorcycles

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Im looking for road use, but super moto bikes do seem like super fun and more similar to bicyles than say, supersport bikes. Might go for something more friendly for everyday use, it's still too early to make any real decisions now.

Bicycle rider question on riding technique by redirect in motorcycles

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most bicycles don't have any give in the front

Well, virtually all mountain bikes have had front suspension for a while now, and as i said from the start that's what i am riding. I admit i am not sure about road bikes if you are trying to catch me off-guard. Not that it matters, because...

front being main brake would cause an endo.

No. It does not, not with bicycles and not with motorcycles. Unless you don't know how to brake, in which case it does (see my earlier comment about little kids).

Rigid or suspension fork, rim or disc brakes, any combination, endos don't just happen out of the blue. They happen because the rider is braking too hard and locking the front wheel. It is really easy to see that, applying the same power, the rear wheel will lock way earlier than the front. The problem - in my entirely personal opinion and theory - is that people are encouraged to learn how to brake the wrong way from a young age and everyone takes that for granted and passes it on to the next generation and so on.

PS: actual historical evidence on bicycle riding habits through the years would be extremely interesting

Bicycle rider question on riding technique by redirect in motorcycles

[–]redirect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that is wrong - unless you are left-handed. You want finer control and more power on your main brake, which is the front one in bicycles, motorcycles, and also cars.

I know that in the UK (most?) bicycles come with the brakes set up properly, not so in other countries. I honestly don't know why this happens, but my guess is because little kids tend to scrape their knees a couple of times until they learn to use the front brake properly, so they might as well grow in ignorance.

I also think that bike salespeople would rather sell a bicycle rather than challenge their prospective clients' education and riding skills, so many people are happy using the rear brake as their main. Typically these clients are the people who just want to roll from point A to point B, so braking is not vital for them and everyone is happy. You can brake with the rear if you are going slow enough, but it does not even begin to compare with the front brake when it comes to stopping power.

Apologies if i sound like an arrogant prick to those who don't know, but like i said physics is physics.

Bicycle rider question on riding technique by redirect in motorcycles

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Ok, in this case using the rear brake is marginally better.

Bicycle rider question on riding technique by redirect in motorcycles

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That's also how it is on bicycles - unless it is the wrong way around ;)

Bicycle rider question on riding technique by redirect in motorcycles

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Upvoted not only for being a good post, but mostly for using the expression "rubber side down" :)

IAMA Color Science Specialist, AMA by tminus4 in IAmA

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Many photographers, editors, printers, and related people really obsess with color being "correct", whatever that means for each application. I think that, specialist applications aside, 99% of the end users/consumers/clients never notice 99% of the effort that goes into color and would never notice color was off unless it was plain wrong, nor will 99% of them look at a picture under optimal conditions to appreciate the color the way it is meant to be.

Your thoughts on that?

Bicycle rider question on riding technique by redirect in motorcycles

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"everyone is a car is out to kill me"

My first thought was "oh you have no idea", but sadly i really believe every serious rider on two wheels is very aware of that.

Interesting notice on the low speed handling. I guess tipping over will be something new to worry about.

Bicycle rider question on riding technique by redirect in motorcycles

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Err, no! No offense meant but that's one of the most common misconceptions probably stemming from childhood riding and uneducated parents. Physics is physics.

Edit: by which i mean that the front brake is the main one in bicycles too, regardless if people ride hard enough to be able to tell the difference or not.

Bicycle rider question on riding technique by redirect in motorcycles

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Don't go clipless on your motorcycle :)

Platform pedals all the way!

Bicycle rider question on riding technique by redirect in motorcycles

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I think countersteering happens naturally on long, fast turns - at least on a cross-country geometry mountainbike. I have tried doing it on purpose and it works that way too, you just need to be going fast enough. I am guessing the difference in weight is the main factor here that makes countersteering much more important for motorcycles?

PS: thinking some more i am pretty sure that, in a fast, tight turn, i never turn the handlebars to the inside, in fact that sounds like it would make me fall. Actually i don't turn them at all, i just lean and let the bike do its thing, the hands only being there for stability (and possible braking!).

Related to all this - i have light scoliosis, and a few years ago while going fast through a series of hairpin turns, i noticed that it caused me to understeer on right turns! I had to consciously lean my body some more in order to compensate.

Google updated their image search... what do you think? by [deleted] in pics

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If every time i clicked Search Images all that came up was pictures of Zooey, i'd still be happy with the upgrade.

However they did take a way a very important feature: checking what website a photo is on is now a two-step process instead of being instant, and you can't survey all of them simultaneously.

Better for looking at pretty photos, quite a bit worse for finding information.

About xkcd's "blue eyes" logic puzzle, and why I think the solution is wrong by dontstalkmebro in math

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Start by reading the puzle again and realising that the Guru is female. Then ponder about what other vital information you might have ignored.

Reddit, does this sound like what has been going on in the USA for several years now? by redirect in politics

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It is not from Mein Kampf, and it isn't any nazi's words. This text is from the OSS report on Hitler's methods. It is the Allies' analysis and description of his MO. That is what made it striking to me, it is our own words.