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MetalMelly
Brakes are indeed scary - pads on shiny stainless steel rims... Totally inadequate for riding fast in traffic, I'd say. I bought some leather brake pads to try and resolve that but never figured out how to install them.
I rode down quite a big grassy hill with Mrs Sparky on the back, with dew on the ground, and she was screaming at me to stop. I was trying...