stopping with passenger...different or same?
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Never really thought about it, but I just do the same thing as when I am solo just applying a little more brake because of the added weight. I am also more likely to put both feet down in case my princess moves and i drop her, that would make her very pissed
Oh and I would not stop asking questions cos some people get cute its an internet forum 
Oh and I would not stop asking questions cos some people get cute its an internet forum
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Extending your legs while still rolling and using the front brake to stop is a recipe for disaster. Any turn of the bars and you are asking to go down. Try it the way I suggest. and yes keep your eyes up and forward and with a passenger make the stops a little more "positive" at the end.
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I brake like you described. Watch the road where the front tire will be. I am almost stopped when I put my feet down. Front brake just finishes off the roll and holds me at the light. Too much front brake or too loose a grip--you could end up with flop or slide. Braking distance is in relationship to the ***** on board and size. The boob driving and the boobies riding can increase stopping distance directly to their weight. The first thing I tell someone that is riding behind me is stay still when I am stopping or starting.
Last edited by oldairboater; Aug 14, 2009 at 10:30 AM.
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Come on back street g7 you are missing it
Streetg7 no need to stop asking questions you might have. Typically you get a mix of answers, right, wrong, unrelated, opinionated, factual, no right or wrong, ride your own ride,
humorous and insightful ( all mine fit in that category ).
The point to keep in mind has been a discussion ( don't ask ) in the political and open forum here...inertia. Newton said stuff in motion tend to stay in motion, so I imagine you should brake the recommended ways and understand the bike will not stop as well with the additional weight...all should then seem pretty normal...until she leans way over to look at her new shoes just as you stop.
As a side note..in some states there is sometimes an obscure law that requires BOTH feet to be on the ground to be considered a stop and not a pause. You have to be really trolling for tickets to get busted on that I imagine.
Ride safe...keep asking and enjoy both the ride and the diversity of the answers you get.
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humorous and insightful ( all mine fit in that category ).
The point to keep in mind has been a discussion ( don't ask ) in the political and open forum here...inertia. Newton said stuff in motion tend to stay in motion, so I imagine you should brake the recommended ways and understand the bike will not stop as well with the additional weight...all should then seem pretty normal...until she leans way over to look at her new shoes just as you stop.
As a side note..in some states there is sometimes an obscure law that requires BOTH feet to be on the ground to be considered a stop and not a pause. You have to be really trolling for tickets to get busted on that I imagine.
Ride safe...keep asking and enjoy both the ride and the diversity of the answers you get.
John
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