Soften up the rear brake: its just to harsh

[noggythenog]

All jokes aside here bikerdude i think you've answered your own question here in the thread....you openly admit that you tend to automatically press the back brake AFTER the front......everything I've learnt so far (which is only a short time) is that if anything the back brake should, if used at speed be applied BEFORE the front......just a dab really...enough to load more weight to the front so that the front can get more stopping power.




Think of your bikes back end suspended in mid air & the back wheel running....how much brake do you reckon it would take to lock that suspended & spinning back wheel......not much......that is in effect what is happening when you use the front brake & then step on the rear....not to mention the lack of coordination due to your body already moving forward after the front brake is applied and decreasing back brake finesse.




No great shakes though is it......ive locked up my front brakes twice so i need more front brake finesse.....none of us are perfect......but you used both on a mini roundabout.....how fast exactly were you going because mini roundabouts should not need banking over or both brakes.....10mph & a small weave maybe but not slamming on brakes.........straight line emergency stops maybe but not mini roundabouts.






But maybe the key perhaps lies in skills improvement...the continous cycle.....& im still trying.......by all means i scare myself sometimes but hey thats life & bikes are more complicated than most folk do them credit......fit some crap pads....but why not just take off the back brake in that case & see how you get on as it defo wont lock up if it isn't there will it mate?




Personally i dont really use the back brake unless waiting at junctions & roundabouts & even then I'm learning to prefer front brake only.......enjoy the right peg as a peg & leave the thinking to the left side 8)