ABS and dirt - front wheel talk

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mountainboy

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I'm just thinking out loud

But I like switching off the ABS when on dirt cause its cool to lock the back wheel and do funky stuff  ;D

but with Wes last week, some steep down hills had me thinking (even though being in 1st gear), pls do not lock the front wheel cause them paths were very rocky and sandy. It was oh to easy to lock that front wheel despite 'tapping' the front brake.

So -would it be better to have ABS on the front wheel when doing off road??

I only ever intentionally lock the back wheel when need be , I've never ever wanted to intentionally lock the front

but I'm a noob so mayber there might cases where locking the front is what you need (wheelies excluded  ;))

what says you ppl - switching off the ABS on the back wheel only

is it viable??
 
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