On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, James Creasy wrote:
> >when the inside wheel instead locks and goes into sliding friction, where
> >it assists in turning not at all and braking only very little.
>
> this called Flat-Spotting and is Verboten my car :)
>
> there is the area around true threshold braking where the tire is sliding
> some but turning some- it is here it makes the most traction, so there
> should be more traction at threshold, thus helping to equalizing the total
> braking and increase traction on the inside front. (in theory!- HA!)
And while you do that, your outside tire is loafing at 90% or less.
You're just repeating what I said initially: without ABS you brake to the
limit of the tire with the worst traction. With ABS you brake to the
limit of the tire with the best traction.
KeS
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