After SuperTom fixed up the printer at the office this evening (you rule, Tom... thanks again!) I was warming up the bike looking at this big ol' empty parking lot thinking.... It's STOPPIE TIME!
So I rode around the lot a bit, warming up the front brake and tire. I started pulling progressively harder until I locked the brake. Thinking it's really not a bad thing to practice riding a locked wheel I did it a few more times.... soon it started grabbing a lot better.
I managed 4 of them before I was satisfied and began the COLD ride home. I think I got the back up better than before... on one of them I remember the light being only about 10 feet in front of me on the pavement. I know you can get a lot higher, but that's good enough for me right now. I can definitely feel the back end rising now, which I couldn't before. Guess it just comes with practice. I'm not "grabbing a fistfull" either... this is my standard 3-finger braking. I can only imagine what it'd be like on a lighter bike. :eek
Anyway, I'm grinnin' and I'm done for a while. Just had to share.
So I rode around the lot a bit, warming up the front brake and tire. I started pulling progressively harder until I locked the brake. Thinking it's really not a bad thing to practice riding a locked wheel I did it a few more times.... soon it started grabbing a lot better.
I managed 4 of them before I was satisfied and began the COLD ride home. I think I got the back up better than before... on one of them I remember the light being only about 10 feet in front of me on the pavement. I know you can get a lot higher, but that's good enough for me right now. I can definitely feel the back end rising now, which I couldn't before. Guess it just comes with practice. I'm not "grabbing a fistfull" either... this is my standard 3-finger braking. I can only imagine what it'd be like on a lighter bike. :eek
Anyway, I'm grinnin' and I'm done for a while. Just had to share.