• lordbritishbusiness@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    It depends on the brake, rear brake at speed will only cause it to fishtail, maybe skid a bit, can be epic. Grabbing the front is triggering the trebuchet, a different kind of epic.

    In the comic above the right hand is typically the front on motorcycles and bikes. (Some bikes in Europe reverse the layout and have the right brake as the rear, though.)

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      7 days ago

      Yeah, but the parent comment is talking about pedal brakes. Everywhere I’ve seen, that’s wired to the rear wheel. But that comment is saying that the commenter launched himself when braking on a pedal brake.