Why is it wrong to brake and down-change simultaneously?
Discussion
MC Bodge said:
Toltec said:
To a biker doing several things at once comes naturally so deliberately not doing the same in a car feels odd.
Quite right.....and the IAM bike course is fairly indifferent to such matters in my experience.
DaineseMan said:
MC Bodge said:
Toltec said:
To a biker doing several things at once comes naturally so deliberately not doing the same in a car feels odd.
Quite right.....and the IAM bike course is fairly indifferent to such matters in my experience.
SVS said:
Interestingly for some, both 'Motorcycle Roadcraft' and 'How to be a Better Rider' advocate brake/gear overlap, i.e. gear change at the end of braking.
It's only car drivers who get all het up about brake/gear separation.
Difference with a bike though - at least when overlapping before a junction or roundabout - is that the 'braking' would usually only be on done on the rear brake , which isn't really there for slowing down and in some ways actually betters the balance of the machine.It's only car drivers who get all het up about brake/gear separation.
MC Bodge said:
I don't use the rear every time I slow and change gear. I use only the front for most of the time, I reckon.
So, for example, if I'm approaching a left turn junction going from a major road to a minor road, I would do most of my braking on the approach using front brake, but by the time I would reach the overlap stage, I think I'm usually going slow enough to only be on the rear brake.Edited by MC Bodge on Monday 7th October 08:21
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