Trail braking.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I reckon it can also go the other way, with people thinking that because they're dressed like a canary and have their lights on, that they can forgo defensive riding.

Yes, that's part of the reason I don't think it's particularly effective; whilst it doubtless confers some safety benefit, this is to some extent offset by them "letting their guard down" due to assuming they must have been seen. It's the same sort of scenario as the one I described of the person who passed IAM and thinks they're now invunerable. Likewise, one v. experienced traffic cop I spoke to said that his officers tended to have more accidents within the first 3 months of passing their class one than they did during training as they felt they were now so highly trained. Of course, they were still much safer than your typical civvy rider, just less safe than they ought to have been, all things considered.

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Any way back to trail braking------
Yes I do it A bit.
I dont have the skills to brake hard into a corner like like is required at a "technical" race track but I see it as a required skill to some extent on the road.When a bend tightens you need to lose a bit of extra speed while halfway round,and bikes handle better when the suspension is under load so carrying a bit of brake into a corner will load up the forks to help this.Just being familiar with what your bike does when brakes are applied in a bend can save you from falling off.

I have dragged the back brake through corners before, normally in entry if I feel I'm too hot into the bend to help scrub speed off, it more something I play with. I have never used front when I am leaning over. However I do feel that I need carry more corner speed through the bends, however I just need to ride more and get mreo praticse.

The back is used lot when I filter anf for slow speed riding, works quite well in the city.

I put no but to be honest I do sometimes just to keep a bit of heat in the sides of the front tyre