The Ultimate Brakeless/Front/Rear/How many brakes? thread

the-smiling-buddha I read Matt seatons book on two wheels and was amazed to find out that after riding a bike for twenty years and writing about bikes for the Guardian he was still hogging the curb
I learnt everything I know from being a courier I bet me and Mr Franklin probably don't see eye to eye on a thing or two but I bet it would be interesting to read what he has to say

it is interesting what he has to say, apart from the first part "before you get on your bike" and the odd section on basic stuff.

To summarise him briefly, you should never hog the curb. You should either be in the 'primary' position, i.e. in the middle of the lane, or the 'secondary' which is "about 1m to the left of the moving traffic lane if the road is wide, but not closer than 0.5m to the curb".