Originally Posted by
cplager
I completely agree that well-tuned rim brakes handle everything exceedingly well except these. Of course, being able to stop in the situations you mentioned is nice.
On BROL, we had a rider who managed to do an endo on a short wheelbase recumbent. As best as he can tell, he over-heated the rim braking and blew the tire on a descent. He's now looking for a front fork that takes disc brakes...
I worry about that stuff (doing an endo on a SWB can't possibly end well) and am glad I have disc brakes, which is the reason I bought the model I did. In fact I've gotten so used to scrubbing off speed at the last possible moment heading into a curve that I have to be careful when I get on my road bike.
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