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Old 08-27-2010, 11:47 AM   #23 (permalink)
shrinathrao
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hey i tried using the rear and front drum brakes in emergency cases where suddenly some dog cam out 10 ft distance away from me and it works well but i observed one thing when my arms and elbow are completely straight then you get more confidence in braking and it saves your pelvic from hitting to the tank while the same kind of incidence happened once more time on mumbai highway but in this case i observed that when my elbows were bend i observed that inspite of using 2 finger technique the entire load was creating entire pressure on the shoulders and the stability was not that confident when the elbows were straight, could not understand why this happened.

Can someone put their light into this as how the elbow being straight or bend matters?
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