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To return to the question of locking technique. This may have been covered elsewhere in this thread - I confess I have not ploughed through all 53 pages - but surely the trick to locking the rear wheel is to flip it to the side as you attempt to cease rotation.
My knowledge of physics is elementary, however, does not the following apply?
The more the axis of the wheel axel approaches the direction of forward momentum, the less rotational force is applied to the wheel by that forward momentum, thereby greatly reducing the ‘resistance’ needed to be applied by the rider to cease rotation
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