Comments on: Braking on a Bicycle http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/3325/articles/braking-on-a-bicycle/ Cycling info - advice and tips Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 By: Tacky http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/3325/articles/braking-on-a-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-52775 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:41:19 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=3325#comment-52775 I’m not sure if you would agree but although it’s better if you can get your breaking done before the corner sometimes it’s pretty much unavoidable. In those cases I feather the breaks as you mention and generally favouring the rear break. I think you would be very lucky to get away with locking up the front wheel on a bend.

]]> By: Mike in Cornwall http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/3325/articles/braking-on-a-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-52691 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:52:35 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=3325#comment-52691 Hi Tejvan

Congratulations on your successful TTs – (previous post).

Re braking, I agree with everything you say; on long descents though, especially fairly fast ones, to prevent brakes heating and fading, I generally try to alternate front and back brakes – usually about 5 seconds on the front, then 10 on the rear, then 5 on the front and so on.

I did this on some long (4-6 kilometre) descents in France, and experienced no brake fade at all.

Also, as I have probably about three times the body mass you do, I find aerobraking (sitting up in the saddle) almost as efficient as sticking the brakes on!

Love the blog, keep it coming,
Regards

Mike

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