A couple err technique questions

[Reido]

hey just a couple questions =]

Hills starts: How do you do it? Do you use the front or rear brake? I ask cause im stalling about 20% of the time..

Transporting: kk well i've got my BHS test soon. And i need to get my bike there.
I was thinking trailer but how do i strap it down, or get it onto the trailer for that matter?
any other ideas? i dont know anyone with their license..

thanks in advance

Reido

[MSTRS:Me]

Use the rear brake...
Eventually you may be confident enough to try using the front. That takes multi-tasking of the right hand, so leave it for a while.
And don't places that do BHS have bikes available?

[sinfull]

hey just a couple questions =]

Transporting: kk well i've got my BHS test soon. And i need to get my bike there.

Do they not provide you a bike at the BHS test ?

[sunhuntin]

i use the rear brake... my hand isnt clever enough to hold the lever and rev all at the same time, lol

as for getting to the test, mine was a 5 min walk from home, so i just pushed it there and back. maybe someone on here with their full will offer to ride your bike there and back [with you as pillion of course]

good luck!!

[Reido]

theres a guy rather close to me that does it, but he doesnt supply a bike.
the next closest BHS testing place is over an hour away.

yeah rear brake, i need to practice more then. a lot more..

[henry]

Strange, but I have no idea. I'm pretty sure I don't use the rear but I can't remember and I do it every day!

I'm going to have to go and find a hill.

[disenfranchised]

hey just a couple questions =]

Hills starts: How do you do it? Do you use the front or rear brake? I ask cause im stalling about 20% of the time..

I use the front brake, but I think that probably works for me because I have quite long hands, and the bike doesn't need many revs to get of the line without stalling.
I would have thought the CBF would be similar, with good torque at low revs.

I will use the rear brake on REALLY steep hills though.

[sinfull]

theres a guy rather close to me that does it, but he doesnt supply a bike.
the next closest BHS testing place is over an hour away.

yeah rear brake, i need to practice more then. a lot more..

Just practise sitting stationary and letting the clutch out just enough to feel it tug as it starts to engage, hold it there and ya should be able to pick ya nose with ya right big toe if ya want and not roll back

[Reido]

Strange, but I have no idea. I'm pretty sure I don't use the rear but I can't remember and I do it every day!

I'm going to have to go and find a hill.

lol, i have this problem everyday, with other things...

any way im off to go practice my slaloming, tiz good fun

[CookMySock]

I use the rear brake, but I stall about 20% of the time so YMMV.

Transporting - you should really have this demonstrated to you, than described, as the consequences of failure are high.

But since you are asking, you push or use the bikes power (walk next to it - don't ride it up the plank) to climb up an inclined plank. Have an extra person on the other side of the bike in case it gets away on you.

You put the front wheel against the front of the trailer and use tie-downs to pull the front bars down evenly, and compress the front shocks to about 1/3 the way down, and use another tie-down over the rear under the seat to compress the rear shock also. Once it's tied down, pull on the bike hard to see if it will move - you want to find out now, not on the road. Check it after ten minutes of it on the trailer, and then check it every hour if you are going any distance.

Check that the trailer is coupled and safety-chained correctly ! Check it yourself ! And start thinking also about the "whoever-would-have-thought-of-that" type of things while you are driving along. If anything can go wrong at this point, it usually will, particularly on a heavier roadbike.

If some know-it-all like me is putting your bike on the trailer, and you are unhappy with it, DON'T LET THEM DO IT. Do it yourself until you are happy with it.

DB

[yod]

I use the front brake, but I think that probably works for me because I have quite long hands, and the bike doesn't need many revs to get of the line without stalling.
I would have thought the CBF would be similar, with good torque at low revs.

I will use the rear brake on REALLY steep hills though.

yeah what he said

i use front cos I'm just used to it, unless the grade is quite steep then i just feel a bit safer using the rear

[PrincessBandit]

I only use rear brake on steep hill starts, or if I have something right up my backside at an intersection. If the incline is only gentle or moderate (or I have nothing waiting to kiss my back wheel) I like practicing the clutch and front brake release. Used to work the clutch and accelerator in my old Mk 2 Cortina when doing hill work in a queue of slow moving traffic cos I hated having to stop/start/stop/start.. all the time. Practice your hill starts on a nice gentle incline where there is no other traffic around - I used to do it in our driveway.

[firefighter]

hey just a couple questions =]

Hills starts: How do you do it? Do you use the front or rear brake? I ask cause im stalling about 20% of the time..

Transporting: kk well i've got my BHS test soon. And i need to get my bike there.
I was thinking trailer but how do i strap it down, or get it onto the trailer for that matter?
any other ideas? i dont know anyone with their license..

thanks in advance

Reido

I always use the rear, it's easy enough and it gives ya hands a rest when youv'e stopped plonking ya foot on the back break, that's the road code way too......haven't probs with stalling, just like a car you need to a give a little more herbs......as for the test well I rode to mine!

[xwhatsit]

Problem with using the rear brake, is on heavily crowned very steep roads. You simply can't safely get your left foot down, the bike might topple over.

Shows the advantage of the natural brake/gear change setup for drive-on-the-left roads -- left foot on the brake, put your right foot down. Easy.

[sunhuntin]

when stopping on a hill, i stop using both brakes, then switch solely to the front while i sort my feet out. my right foot then takes over the brake while the hand does the throttle. sounds like a drawn out process, but its not.