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[xiansbikeblog]

I saw her sitting there for a long time. Not quite sure what she was waiting for. I was still about 100 yards away so I just kept my eye on her. She was in the little inlet for left turns, heading northbound. I was in the right lane of three lanes, heading southbound. What is she doing? There's absolutely no cars on the road in front of me.

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[crash6767]

i see a lot of problems with old drivers too. one of the things i hate hearing is people going down on their bikes, in order to prevent a collision, but successfully avoiding the collision, but because there was no collision, the other driver isn't found to be at fault. anyway.

braking with the rear wheel takes practice, especially on aggressive stops. the faster you're stopping, the further your front end is diving, and the less weight is on the rear wheel. many professional racers never touch their rear brake while on the track, and they're stopping much faster than you or I can. I might recommend using one brake or the other but not both.

i've just started doing this, and i should have a long time ago; practicing the proper brake squeeze procedure. step 1: set the front suspension and tire contact by squeezing gently. step 2: squeeze hard to brake.

[yzfgryphon]

Good thing you were able to avoid the old woman! It always seems like they are after you in some sort of game type fashion.

From what I have read and experienced you can release a locked rear wheel safely, although it is not recommended by just about everyone.

You can slowly release the rear brake in a situation if you aren't carrying too much speed and are in a straight line(rear is still tracking the front). You have to do this SLOWLY. It's not an off/on thing, you release pressure slowly to safely allow the rear wheel to catch back up to speed but not abruptly grip. If you let off too fast a highside, as you experienced, is usually the result.

I'd wouldn't try it on the motorcycle the first time- perhaps a bicycle or a dirt bike(on dirt).