Which is more beneficial to safety riding fixed?
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Which is more beneficial to safety riding fixed?
Front brake or helmet? If you could only have one. This is just hypothetical.
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how fun a brake and helmet thread all in one.
can I trade my choice for a snickers bar? don’t need my cyclefocuschi clouded with hunger.
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I don't ride fixed, but have a coaster hub bike. On its maiden ride, an incident made me pledge to install a front brake the moment I got home. On the other hand, I've only had about 2-3 incidents in my entire life when I was lucky that I wore a helmet.
A friend of mine just gave me a flip flop wheel. We're all intrigued by it, and will give it a try (my daughter and myself), but Dad's rule is that we will have front and rear brakes on the bike.
A friend of mine just gave me a flip flop wheel. We're all intrigued by it, and will give it a try (my daughter and myself), but Dad's rule is that we will have front and rear brakes on the bike.
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I might suggest a full frontal lobotomy!
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Who cares about street cred when your head is cracked open on the pavement cuz some dumbass hit you and you didn’t have at least a front brake to stop? Cmon.
Idk if is cuz I live in the city but drivers here SUCK! They don’t look out for anyone and don’t follow traffic laws, all in a rush. I don’t wear helmets but I just couldn’t ride without at least one brake.
Idk if is cuz I live in the city but drivers here SUCK! They don’t look out for anyone and don’t follow traffic laws, all in a rush. I don’t wear helmets but I just couldn’t ride without at least one brake.
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Front brake, lots of other things to be mangled other than your head in a stupid accident that could have been avoided with a little braking help.
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When I had a front brake on the fixie I almost went over the handlebars a couple several times when stopping, which left me thinking that the use of front brakes is the best argument for wearing a bicycle helmet.
Actually the main reason that I currently do not have my fixie commuter setup with brakes is that was a real pain to set the Steamroller up with brakes and 32mm studded tires and fenders. I really dislike when the the front wheel locks up on ice, or locks when going downhill.
For safety, when not on flat dry roads I find a rear brake to be preferable to either a front brake or a helmet.
Actually the main reason that I currently do not have my fixie commuter setup with brakes is that was a real pain to set the Steamroller up with brakes and 32mm studded tires and fenders. I really dislike when the the front wheel locks up on ice, or locks when going downhill.
For safety, when not on flat dry roads I find a rear brake to be preferable to either a front brake or a helmet.
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^ almost going over the handlebars "a couple several times"? Front brake is about finesse, you don't hamfist it. I'm not against front brake removal for whatever reasons, but there's no denying it provides significantly more stopping power than rear alone and if you're locking your front brake then you need to be applying pressure more slowly in conjunction with rear wheel control.
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^ almost going over the handlebars "a couple several times"? Front brake is about finesse, you don't hamfist it. I'm not against front brake removal for whatever reasons, but there's no denying it provides significantly more stopping power than rear alone and if you're locking your front brake then you need to be applying pressure more slowly in conjunction with rear wheel control.
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Agreed about your point. I tell people that my brain is what feeds my family, and I can't afford to lose it.
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The ongoing turmoil in our health system in the United States means there is constant pressure to cut costs, and sometimes that means inadequate staffing. That's how I ended up working double shifts right up to my last day. While in principle providing adequate staffing is the responsibility of management, in practice there is more compelling pressure to take a chance and staff minimally, hoping no one will call in sick or no disaster will overwhelm patient assignments than there is to provide a little buffer in case something comes up that requires more staff.
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I consider myself a good and safe rider. Given the choice of helmet or front brake I would choose to not ride, and I absolutely love riding my fixie.
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Front brake.
But, I ride with a helmet and two brakes. Partly because I like the hoods for climbing, also because I like not dying. I still use backpedaling to slow when I can but brakes stop the bike far faster than any backpedaling ever could.
But, I ride with a helmet and two brakes. Partly because I like the hoods for climbing, also because I like not dying. I still use backpedaling to slow when I can but brakes stop the bike far faster than any backpedaling ever could.
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