| Seems a compelling arguement for off-roaders where you need all the grip you can get, but for road bikes?
It seems to go against the conventional wisdom that since what your front wheel is doing is so vital to staying upright that you don't want to it to do anything that loads it up more than the cornering forces already have.
After all, would you even touch the front brake while you're cranked over? I don't, I'm not skilful enough to feather the front brake up to the apex. The reverse applies to putting the power on, would I want to test front end grip and traction even more by putting power down through the front? I don't think I would.
Open minded about it though, it may work even though 4 wheel drive cars tend to handle more like front wheel drive cars and can get a bit understeery, there is no doubting the effectiveness of a well driven scooby. I just can't see that logic transferring to a road bike because the cornering dynamics are totally different. You may have noticed that despite Ohlins claims for what it can do for road bike performance, they don't appear to have conclusive test results for road bikes.  |