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@jetski
Hi, something that I have been arguing about with people (especially bicycle newbies) for DECADES now, and I am pretty sure about it, but not 100%, so I am happy to hear your well-founded opinions:
In case you want to do a sudden full braking (on dry flat pavement), will it make any (which) difference if you
A) brake solely with a really good front brake (for example a disc brake), carried out in the perfect way, i.e. really hard and with your rear wheel taking off a bit, but without flipping you over the bars
or
B) also using an additional rear brake (not sure what the "perfect way" would be, if your rear wheel takes off it makes no difference anyway! So that would mean you may not brake as hard on your front wheel as in A?)
Happy to hear what you think