Ride With One Brake - Front or Rear??
07-29-19, 03:16 PM
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07-29-19, 05:34 PM
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Me personally I would prefer the rear brake. I would image if you used only the front brake and you had to brake hard, I think you may lose control of the bikes easier than if you had to brake hard with just the rear brake. I think I could handle a fish tail of the bike better than perhaps the tendency of the bike tipping up in the rear if braking hard on the front brake only. I hope this makes sense.
08-01-19, 09:03 AM
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Just tor reiterate what was mentioned above the front brake accounts for 70% of stopping power the rear just 30% .
So if only one brake front will do the job WAY better
. . . BUT.......
The two together work to help the bias and keep the force level, so it's good to have that rear brake for that reason, so you don't "endo"
You get used to just a front brake and put your weight back as you brake so the rear doesn't lift off.
but
in a panic situation would be good to combine it with a
rear foot brake ,
i like the solution pictured in a previous post.. but you have to find someone to build it for you.
for now go with a front brake,
Easiest would be to go with a 'split' cable one brake-lever does both calipers...
So if only one brake front will do the job WAY better
. . . BUT.......
The two together work to help the bias and keep the force level, so it's good to have that rear brake for that reason, so you don't "endo"
You get used to just a front brake and put your weight back as you brake so the rear doesn't lift off.
but
in a panic situation would be good to combine it with a
rear foot brake ,
i like the solution pictured in a previous post.. but you have to find someone to build it for you.
for now go with a front brake,
Easiest would be to go with a 'split' cable one brake-lever does both calipers...
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08-01-19, 01:29 PM
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My best friend growing up, his grandfathers company provided artificial arms ... apart from war victims their biggest clients were motorcycle accidents and the most common problem, when they know they're approaching an accident, human instinct is to grab the brakes and cling onto them as hard as you can and the muscle memory doesn't let go.
This results in you holding on so hard, the bike hits the car .... or whatever it is you're braking to avoid ... and you get thrown over the top of the bike and your muscles don't let go and as you pivot over the top of the bike it literally rips your arms out of their sockets ... do you think they practiced slow braking????
This results in you holding on so hard, the bike hits the car .... or whatever it is you're braking to avoid ... and you get thrown over the top of the bike and your muscles don't let go and as you pivot over the top of the bike it literally rips your arms out of their sockets ... do you think they practiced slow braking????
It doesn't follow. And you still don't know how to safely ride a bike. That seems to be the commonality between you and the three or four rear brake people, fear caused by inexperience.
