• Any brake that is sufficient to lock up your wheels without requiring the grip strength of a gorilla is good enough. It doesn't matter how beefy or expensive the caliper is, tyre traction is nearly always the limiting factor in your brake power

    Modulation doesn't matter

  • Any brake that is sufficient to lock up your wheels

    Then a stick is the best option for a touring bike, cheap and can be sourced almost anywhere.

  • Frame pumps also work for this; hence so popular here as an emergency option when it gets proper gnar.

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