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Location: Sin City, Nevada
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Bikes: Catrike 700, Greenspeed GTO trike, , Linear LWB recumbent, Haluzak Horizon SWB recumbent, Balance 450 MTB, Cannondale SM800 Beast of the East
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Anticipate conditions
Panic stops should be few and far between if you anticipate what might happen as you ride. Of my three trikes, only the 2001 Greenspeed GTO with Hope C2 hydraulic disc brakes would ever come close to tipping forward. I lifted the rear wheel on it many a times but soon learned the braking characteristics and modulated my stops, even panic stops. My Catrike 700 has the same brakes as your trike and I haven't ever been able to lift the rear wheel even an inch off the pavement. Of course, it has a lower COG and a laid back seat. The Avid BB7 brakes are OK but no match for a good set of hydraulic disc brakes. How you get them to lock up mystifies me.