Braking balance is generally biased to the front. The reason is that under braking the weight is transferred forward. To my knowledge it is never balanced to the rear.
Another reason for this bias is that braking in corners or in wet and particularly icy conditions, locking the rears will actually cause the rear to accelerate causing the rear of the car to try and overtake the front and the car spinning.
If the front brakes aren't locking before the rears, check that greasing the kingpins hasn't been done over-enthusiastically. Too much and too frequent enthusiastic greasing can easily cause large amounts of grease to lie at the base of the mainsprings close to the calipers with a good chance that it will end up on the brake disc.
If you're an enthusiastic greaser, take the trouble to remove the excess otherwise it'll do it itself but in a way that's not in your interest.
Cadence braking - that's a great skill Graham and a little known and lost driving technique. I remember John Cooper and Giacomo Agostini battling it out at the Post-TT races at Mallory Park; both cadence braking into the Hairpin. You could see daylight alternating between the front and rear wheels as they used this technique to maximise braking without actually allowing the tyres to lock up and loose grip.
Last edited by Cheshire_David; 15/09/14 08:28 AM.
