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OT, a little, but I've never understood the physics of this. When I
ride my bike, I can lock up the rear wheel and all it does is skid.<br>
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Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/27/2019 9:29 AM, Michael Salter
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ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Have to agree with Kees on this
one. <br>
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ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">We have a brake bias control on
AHX12 and I can certainly attest to the fact that when the
conditions change to "wet" removing a lot of rear braking is
absolutely essential to prevent the car from swapping ends. <br>
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ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">As most road cars don't have
adjustable brake bias I would be very careful in trying to
increase the rear braking.</div>
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ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">When braking into a corner the
last thing you want is the rear end coming around,
particularly in the wet.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:09
PM Kees Oudesluijs <<a href="mailto:coudesluijs@chello.nl"
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0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Whatch
out driving in the rain as the rear brakes will lock the rear
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wheels much quicker than with the smaller pistons.Rear brakes
are only <br>
providing a small portion of the total brake force.<br>
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Kees Oudesluijs<br>
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Op 27-8-2019 om 18:04 schreef Chris Dimmock:<br>
> Hi Men<br>
> Has anyone else ever changed their rear wheel cylinders
from 3/4 inch to 7/8 inch?<br>
> I just did. Sick of the rear brakes doing nothing.
Freeloaders!!<br>
> Yes, no problem with seized wheel cylinders, no problem
with the flexible hose - just bugger all wear on the rear
linings.<br>
> I'll let you know how it goes on my BJ8<br>
> Best<br>
> Chris<br>
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