"Mark Hickey" wrote in message
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Any obstacle that the front wheel hits taller than halfway
up or more to the axle is likely to cause "bad things to
happen".

When I was first starting out letting my dog run beside me on a leash while
riding my trail bike, I kept the leash in my right hand, wanting him to be
on that side of the bike... A couple of times, he would see something and
try to cross in front of me and I would slam on the brakes with my left
hand... Well, that was the front brake and as such, I quickly did an end
over, followed quickly by a near face plant, followed soon thereafter with
choice cuss words directed towards the stupid ass dog... Eventually, I
figured that the dog wasn't going to get any smarter, so I reversed the
brakes so that the left brake lever controls the rear brake... Kind of
difficult to do an end over when you are only putting on the rear brake...