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Comment by usefulcat

6 months ago

You can definitely lock up the rear wheel with hand brakes. Still happens to me semi-regularly purely by accident when I have to stop suddenly.

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kibwen  6 months ago

Yep, it's a great physics lesson for learning why cars have anti-lock brakes.

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