Around the Wheel with Bret Tkacs

Trail Braking

10.29.2020 - By Bret TkacsPlay

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Trail Braking

is the riding technique every rider should be using on the street. Join Bret Tkacs and Patreon supporter Peter Shimm in a detailed discussion of how and why you improve your trail braking skills. Although many riders oppose the concept of trail braking - believing all corner braking should be done before every corner - this is an unrealistic and a dangerous belief. Even those riders opposed to trail braking admit to using brakes in a corner. Trail braking is a daily riding skill that converts you into an expert at speed control.  As a rider, you need to fully understand what street trail braking is and when, where and how to use it.

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