On Nov 2, 4:45*pm, "marco" wrote:
bjw wrote:
The calculator is wrong because they did not
consider that a bike's braking ability is limited
by going over the bars.
...snip...
However, everyone who thinks about this says that
a bike can't do that because of the high center of mass.
Most people agree that just from geometry (height of
the center of mass relative to how far forward the front
wheel contact patch), a bike is limited to at most
0.6 g deceleration, or 5.9 m/s^2.

A naive dynamics question: isn't it possible to modulate the front and rear
brakes to offset the high-center-of-gravity problem? Without really thinking
about it, that's what it feels like you do instinctively when trying to stop
really quickly. And of course you also push your weight back as much as you
can.

And those things have a negative impact on reaction time.

So no, a bike cannot stop faster than a car.

Somebody should do this test and post it on youtube.