| To use your back brake or not to use it...that is the question.
It's just like everything else to do with riding a bike isn't it? Whatever works for you.
Surely it's the same thing as the how much do you hang off debate or the knee down/not knee down thing. No wrongs, no rights, whatever feels comfortable. OK so the theory says that you'll be able to use less lean angle for a given speed if you hang off and therefore be able to go round safer, or go even faster. I happen to hang off (not as much as I'd like to, cos it feels a bit dodgy once my outside toe starts to come off the peg) but there are loads of people who are just as quick as me that sit bolt upright.
There are loads of different riding styles out there - look how different all the racers are...Ok so they use their back brake but what else do they have in common |