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If you get to do the BMW off road days, if they have the tele lever front end it handles differently to a normal bike.
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Jokes aside, I just wanted to make clear that the ‘don’t use the front brake’ is a myth at best, and dangerous advice at worst.
Correct to the situation, correct application of the brakes is what any rider needs. Rear controls speed, front stops.
So, I use front brake with engine braking on downhills, I hold the bike in place with the rear when stopped uphill. On mud, gooey chalk, loose surfaces, anything, I will use the front to trail brake. So long as the bike is upright, there is a lot that the front is capable of.
More often than not, using the rear on green lanes will just skid the tyre - if you don’t have good rimlocks you might rip a valve too. Skidding looks cool, and can be useful, but it does not get you stopped and out the way of the horse that’s spooked.
My rear knobbly isn’t destroyed from skidding to a stop because on or off road, low or high pressure, I load the front when I want to.
pdlouche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBa601NpLQs&t=420s