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hrktb on Sept 11, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The World's Lightest Electric Vehicle

In a bike just sqeueezing the handle will also throw you away, especially when downhill. It takes practice as well to be able to move your gravity center backward in emergency brakings.

oftenwrong on Sept 11, 2012 [–]

It is more about using the handlebars to resist your body's forward momentum.

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