Brake biased? Mind Job?

srands · Aug 7, 2011

Brake biased? Mind Job?

When you brake your mind tells you how hard to pull (M&M?) your front & rear brake, this depends on the terrain, your brain, your agility and how good your brakes.

On a car, BRAKE BIASED is a predetermined PERCENTAGE (%).

DOES ANYBODY KNOW what brake bias PERCENTAGE (%) we apply to our:
FRONT BRAKE?
BACK BRAKE?

If had to guess I’d say FRONT 60% and REAR 40%, approximately.

Anymore MORE educated replies with actual statistics on this?

cyfa2809 · Aug 7, 2011

Not sure
But what about the pull ratio of those new one lever electric v brakes?

paininthe · Aug 7, 2011

I don't know, however when I was riding on the ice and pulled the front brake I knew instictively, within about 100th of a second, that it was too much. 1sec later I hit the deck.

That's all.

Lysander · Aug 7, 2011

Must confess, I've never really thought of it........but I reckon it's back brake first to scrub off speed, then fully engage the back then front to actually stop- I know immediately locking the back wheel up can lead to it washing out.

stewlewis · Aug 7, 2011

I'd say there is no answer. We feel the unweighting and constantly adjust the bias depending on our balance.

MikeD · Aug 9, 2011

Is this today's "thinking way too hard about stuff" post?

It's anywhere between 100% front/0% rear and 0% front/100% rear depending on circumstances.

Retromtber · Aug 9, 2011

You lot USE brakes... ? ?

1duck · Aug 9, 2011

squeeze the front brake as hard as possible...stop squeezing when your face hits the floor. Bike stopped. Job done. Bias 100% front.

lumos2000 · Aug 9, 2011

judging by brake pad ware 67.2% rear to 32.8% front

WD Pro · Aug 9, 2011

srands":3seosx2d said:
On a car, BRAKE BIASED is a predetermined PERCENTAGE (%).

WD

Brake biased? Mind Job?

srands

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cyfa2809

paininthe

Lysander

stewlewis

MikeD

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Retromtber

Old School Hero

1duck

Senior Retro Guru

lumos2000

WD Pro

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