tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10192696.post-11974254865413401662008-02-15T19:02:00.000-08:002008-02-15T19:07:43.754-08:00<p class="MsoNormal">These tips are based on my experiences while riding, so are not from some professional racer.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">While riding you suddenly spot a speed breaker or a pot-hole and can't avoid and have to ride over it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do avoid pressing the front brake too much to slow down, use the rear brake more. Of course this is not compulsory but preferred.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The reason for advocating less front brake use *only* in this case is that when you press the front discs, the front fork(shock-absorbers) compress or *dive* and so when in this state, if you go over a speed-breaker or a pot-hole or speed breaker you will hear a *thud*</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">This sound is because the front shock absorber has been depressed to its limit.</p> <div style="border-style: none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext; border-width: medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;">I don’t think it harms the bike radically, though I will try and find it out.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;">The above experience is based on having disc brakes at front, I don’t know if drum brakes make the front shocks behave in such manner, even this I will check it out.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;">Of course having tech like Anti-Dive would change the scenario.</p> </div>Sankoobabahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07829670502377057494noreply@blogger.com