Can sudden front brake throw you off the bike?

[KareemMokhtar]

Last week I was doing 30 something kmph ob my bike, I was on the most right hand lane and I wanted to make a u-turn so that meant I had to go through like 5 lanes because the u turn was on the left. My mirror was not properly adjusted so I had to look behind me to the left to switch lanes. I was looking to the left and when I turned my head to look to the front I found my self going straight into a car, so I quickly grabbed the brakes next thing I knew I was flying off the bike and onto the road. I tried to think of what might've caused this, I didn't crash into the car and there was no gravel/sand at all on the road, so I figured I must've grabbed the front brake too quickly. Is this possible? I've been riding for only less than 2 months now (still learnig) and my bike has ordinary brakes (not ABS). This is the third time I've fallen off the bike, the first two times I was braking on sand/gravel so the wheels skid. Luckily I got back up right after I fell and ended up with no injuries at all and no damages on the bike.

[J.M.]

You sound like you really need to take some lessons.

From an initial point of view it sounds like your front wheel probably wasn't straight when you harshly applied the front brake, which would throw the bike down to the floor and consequently you off of it.
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[Benno]

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[Tungtvann]

This can happen too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl7Wq80rkbA

[Clutchy]

It's worrying that you were not taught this on your CBT.


Without sounding horrible, you're a bit of a danger to yourself and other road users. Get some training asap.
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[illuminateTHE...]

Yu shouldnt be on a motorcycle.. your a danger to us all.
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[Kradmelder]

Your list of mistakes is long

Mirrors not adjusted
Where you look is where you will go. You were probably swinging left as you looked
You applied front brake without back
You probably had the bike turning as you braked and rear wheel tried to overtake

As a learner what you doing in the right overtaking lane

Advice isn't what you need. It is lessons
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[arry]

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[Kradmelder]

Is a CBT compulsory in the UK? Must you do mandatory certified training? Sounds like it should be.

Here it isn't but I would never let anyone ride without it. When my last GF wanted to learn, I told her no way, go to a cerified acadmey and I will pay. The kind of thing above explains why. Taking a tumble in the right lane in traffic is asking to be run over by a cage who can't 'grab' at his brakes fast enough. No cager expects a bike to just go down in front of him.

Reading the american HURT report or the euro MAIDs one is a good start to seeing how accidents happen and how high risk you are. A learner rider in traffic with no course is very high risk.

The compendium of mistakes above is an example why, and suggests the rider needs a bit more time in a parking lot or track to grasp the fundementals before tackling traffic as well and having divided attention
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[arry]

[Supermoto_Fan]

You were attempting to make a U turn across 5 lanes of traffic?
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[Jim Mc]

OP's obvious troll was clearly not obvious enough.

[MarJay]

Of course it's possible to crash by braking too hard! Have you never jammed on the front brake on a bicycle?
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[thepuma]

Yep..yet ANOTHER troll thread (the first post give away clue).

And STILL people fall for it.

Maybe we need to "illuminate the mind" to make clear whos responsible.
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[yaigi]

If this is a troll it's one of the blandest attempts I've seen yet.

I still have scars on my knee and on my elbow from putting the front brake on my push bike far too much when I was a kid and going over the handlebars. Learned that lesson young
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[mjn51]

it sounds like a country that drives on the right !
and yes too much front brake can make you go over the bars.

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