[email protected] (seekeroftruthandjustice) wrote in message news:<
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> while standing at the side of bike when you put on the rear brake you can slide the bike forwards
> but not rearward similarly when you put on the front brake you can slide the bike rearward but not
> forwards,whys that then
Dear SOTAJ,
Think of an early airplane's tail-skid.
Now think of a weather-vane.
Like a weather-vane, a trailing skid centers itself.
You can actually push a bicycle with its leading wheel skidding (forward or backward), but you'll
spend most of your time and effort trying to stop the skidding leading wheel from pivoting off to
the side or the other like a weather vane to drag behind.
Your question is not entirely academic. Wretchedly skillful motorcycle trials riders sometimes show
off by locking their front wheels on wet grass and riding for ridiculous distances without falling
down. (When they do fall, it serves them right.)
Carl Fogel