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A student is riding a bike and applies brakes. Which most helps the bike to stop?
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∙ 7y ago
During hard braking, it's the front.
A bike + rider is fairly tall off the ground compared to the length front/rear.
This means that as you brake, it'll try to topple forward, putting more weight on the front wheel.
More weight, means more friction. More friction means you can brake harder w/o the wheel locking up.
At the rear, the reverse happens.
As you brake, the weight on the wheel is reduced. Less weight means less friction. Less friction means the wheel will lock up easier. And a locked wheel doesn't brake very well.
Brake hard enough, and the rear will come off the ground. Done intentionally, it's called a stoppie.
During light braking, it doesn't matter. There's not enough weight transfer to put the rear at risk of locking up and skidding.
Same happens to pretty much all vehicles apart from big trucks and trailers. Cars are generally set up with something called brake bias, where front brakes are engineered to brake harder.
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