Originally Posted by
Trakhak
I suspect that for most of us posting here, we've been riding long enough for our techniques of brake use to have become nearly reflexive.
On my ride today, I decided to pay attention to what I do when I'm braking. I discovered that I apparently nearly always initiate braking with the rear brake and bring the front brake in gradually. Given that that habit has developed over the course of over six decades of riding, I imagine it's proven to be the safest approach.
I do it this way as well, started it in the mid 80s when I got my Schwinn Enduro with rim brakes. I had coaster brakes before that. My first time riding it my dad said, probably as a joke, something about squeezing the front too hard and flipping over.
I don't see any reason to change now.