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Do coaster brakes always feel like crap?
What exactly do you mean by crap? Just the brake, or the hub as a whole? The braking modulation?
Over all they're average at best. You can usually adjust them a bit to make them weaker or stronger.
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They feel kinda crap compared to modern hydraulics and cable pull disc and calliper brakes, but that’s not exactly surprising given they haven’t received the same kind of investment.
Good though because they stop you reliably in all conditions and don’t make a horrible mess :)
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Not crap just not used to the sensation I guess. Feels like the cranks rotate a fair amount before engaging, And they are generally quite clunky when operating the brake.
At the moment they work and it’s fairly easy to lock up the rear wheel. Wanted to know how others find the feel of them. Sounds like they are what they are
I’ll read up and might try and improve it at some point
Howard
MCamb
Do coaster brakes always feel like crap?
I have just put a second hand wheelset with coaster brake rear on a bike. although I quite like it as a novel way of modulating speed it is quite clunky. Can’t remember what they felt like the last time I used one.