Originally Posted by
gregf83
Using both brakes is more ‘effective’ at keeping the front and rear brake wear even. For hard braking or emergency stops though using 100% front is correct. Maybe if you can get enough of your weight behind the saddle you could use a little rear brake but the vast majority of weight will be on the front tire and the braking force available from the rear is small.
Noted. Thanks for the physics lesson...emergency braking is a rare event, or should be, if it isn't the rider might want to start considering what they are doing wrong. Like I original finished my post, braking is a skill. Using one brake when you have two is not skillful.