What if....one handed brake fails
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A wheel is locked up with so much less force than could ever be applied by the human hand even with a lever so, it's hard to imagine it happening except perhaps due to years of corrosion on a neglected bike left outdoors.
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You could learn how to use your foot on the back wheel to stop the bike, I saw it in a video and trained pretty hard to be able to do it. It looks pretty ridiculous, but it saved me not long ago when I had a brake failure on a descent. If you are skilled enough you can lock up the back wheel with your foot. mob4954kr9371.jpg (1242×1485) (redd.it)
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When I was a kid, I'd jam my heel against the back tire, it worked.
Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances, I did that same thing accidentally a few yrs ago. My heel locked my back tire up, and I came skidding to a tombay stop, narrowly missing landing on a prickly pear cactus.
It shredded a Rubino Pro to the casing.
Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances, I did that same thing accidentally a few yrs ago. My heel locked my back tire up, and I came skidding to a tombay stop, narrowly missing landing on a prickly pear cactus.
It shredded a Rubino Pro to the casing.