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Bicycle accident |
| 1. | Modern front wheel brakes decelerate much harder (up to ca. 10 m/s^2 in a test facility) than the configuration "standard bike + rider" can withstand (ca. 5 m/s^2). |
| 2. | Though if a cyclist brakes harder than that, he will topple over to the front and he will crash on his face, his ellbow etc. or even come to death. |
| 3. | The max. brake power has to be limited *) in a way that the bicycle will not topple over to the front. |
| 3.1. | Many cyclists do not use the front wheel brake or they use it hesitatingly. But doing so they may rush into destruction! |
| 3.2. | If you practise braking you may get the ability to loosen the brake in time, if an upswing of the rear wheel occurs; but: -- "If in danger even a trained cyclist brakes too hard!" -- Braking with a slipping or lifted rear wheel has a lot of disadvantages. -- "My Grandma" refuses to practise braking under those unstable conditions. |
| 3.3. | The brake has a fixed limit. Here a light driver may topple over to the front and a heavy one may not be able to stop in time. |
| 3.4. | A mech. stop for the brake handle limits the brake power. It requires regular adjustment. |
| 3.5. | A front wheel Anti-Blocking-System controls automatically the brake power. This is the best solution! |
| 3.6. | The system change to a push bike (recumbent) lowers the danger of toppling over to the front. |
| 4. | As a minimum dealers and producers (in the operation manual) should inform their customers in detail. |
| 5. | It cannot be true that producers deliver brakes to the market, which should prevent accidents -- and cause one! |
| 6. | The missing of a techn. brake power limitation is a real design fault. |
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Bicycle tips Last change: 12th November 2006 |
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