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How Things Work: Front and Rear Bicycle Brakes
published by Louis A. Bloomfield
This site from How Things Work, by Lou Bloomfield, provides an explanation of why it can be hard to stop a bike with the rear brakes alone.  The site contains a description of how friction and torque produce a rotation of the bicycle that makes the rear brakes ineffective.
https://howeverythingworks.org/1969/12/31/question-161/
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Classical Mechanics
- Applications of Newton's Laws
- Rotational Dynamics
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
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photo credit: Richard Heeps Photography This resource was featured by the Physics To Go collection from January 1, 2007 until January 16, 2007. View the feature here!


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Keywords:
bike, brake, force, friction, pressure, rotation, tire, torque, traction
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Metadata instance created November 7, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated:
August 23, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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November 7, 2006
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How Things Work: Front and Rear Bicycle Brakes, <https://howeverythingworks.org/1969/12/31/question-161/>.
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How Things Work: Front and Rear Bicycle Brakes. (2006, November 7). Retrieved May 3, 2024, from https://howeverythingworks.org/1969/12/31/question-161/
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. How Things Work: Front and Rear Bicycle Brakes. November 7, 2006. https://howeverythingworks.org/1969/12/31/question-161/ (accessed 3 May 2024).
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How Things Work: Front and Rear Bicycle Brakes. 7 Nov. 2006. 3 May 2024 <https://howeverythingworks.org/1969/12/31/question-161/>.
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