04-28-2017, 11:41 PM
Here is the definition of trail braking as I know it
Trail braking is a technique that is done by continuing to brake beyond the turn-in point. You then gradually “trail” off the brakes as you lean until there is no brake pressure by the time you are at full lean. Trail braking is most useful for tighter turns with a relatively high approach speed.
But basically it means to me that I can go straighter into the corner at higher speed, brake harder, downshift while continuing to brake, as I lean hard into the apex, left off brakes and accelerate out
versus a leisurely approach to the corner where I brake and down shift prior to entering the turn, leaning and coasting through a larger arc and accelerating earlier to pull me around and out if that makes sense.
Trail braking is a technique that is done by continuing to brake beyond the turn-in point. You then gradually “trail” off the brakes as you lean until there is no brake pressure by the time you are at full lean. Trail braking is most useful for tighter turns with a relatively high approach speed.
But basically it means to me that I can go straighter into the corner at higher speed, brake harder, downshift while continuing to brake, as I lean hard into the apex, left off brakes and accelerate out
versus a leisurely approach to the corner where I brake and down shift prior to entering the turn, leaning and coasting through a larger arc and accelerating earlier to pull me around and out if that makes sense.