Brakes?

I've a few to choose from!
fiddy, did you use that one I gave you at souths a while ago? I've found myself in need of a lever for narrow bars again and my cupboard is old mother hubbard like...

No wasting time trying to anticipate

you say some odd things sometimes

I only modulate my speed with my legs but use the brake to slow down. prefer
to put the energy into acceleration.

Brakes on one bike, brakeless on t'other

two brakes on my road bike, but then again it has gears!!!! two brakes on my fixed trainer, and full mudguards.on me track frame there is a drilling and it sports abrake to the track and then loses it...

you say some odd things sometimes

Only sometimes :-)

What I was getting at was there was no risk of anticipating the wrong thing, i.e. are the lights going to change - with brake I would speed up and then stop if they did change. Without brake I probably wouldn't speed up as stopping as quickly is just not as easy (simply because skidding is not as efficient as a front brake)

Which only proves my point as to why a lot of brakeless riders are so smooth.
That's exactly what i was talking about...people think that having a brake means they don't need to anticipate things happening....hence why so many off them are so 'sprint...BRAKE' all the time. Good brakeless riders are constantly anticipating things....expecting bad driving ahead...expecting that ped to step out...they're a lot more alert through constantly anticipating.

im with scott. It really is the opposite of obvious on this one.
A skilled brakeless rider knows braking will cost him time and a lot of energy so he is always looking out for routes and maneuvers to avoid slowing down. Making the rider go faster. I again repeat that this is referred to a skilled rider who is a bit more brave to take risks here and there.
A rider with a brake will use natural instincs of dabbing on the brake all the time.

Either way, to go quicker through corners, brake later and jump through small gaps at speed takes courage and that is really where time makes a difference.

Currently no brakes, but hopefully will get a brake soon as my gear is too high for me to stop quickly at 48:16

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eeeesh, id get one quick if i were you...

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eeeesh, id get one quick if i were you...

The problem is that I only have a deep non machined front wheel at the moment..

I have no brakes at all in my possession now. Been riding brakeless for over a year, and haven't crashed (badly) once in that time.

Toecutter: doesn't matter. You can still run a brake on an unmachined rim. People did it for years before machining came about. For the love of god get a brake or lower your gearing - preferably both!!

I have no brakes at all in my possession now. Been riding brakeless for over a year, and haven't crashed (badly) once in that time.

Toecutter: doesn't matter. You can still run a brake on an unmachined rim. People did it for years before machining came about. For the love of god get a brake or lower your gearing - preferably both!!

You mean disc brakes? There seems like there's a bit too much that could go wrong with them imo

what? no using normal road brakes on unmachined rims, it still work.

really? how there's no braking surface on it

I voted 'No' It'd be stupid not to what with the GI of my main bike.

Plus I can't skid and don't really have an intention of learning to either.

there is a braking surface, it's not machined that all.

oh cool. Ive only got my bike about 2 weeks ago anyways thanks for your help

it does sound like deep velocity, hopefully it is!

Eddie and Scot are speaking the most sense here, I ride brakeless personally.

The guy who sold me it said they were campa atlanta 96 rims.

um.

where did you buy this bike, and for how much.

Regarding the rim themselves: they're fine for a brake.

um.

where did you buy this bike, and for how much.

Regarding the rim themselves: they're fine for a brake.

yeah i dont know whether to believe him about that or not but i got the bike (a bianchi pista) for €250 (in dublin btw) from some German student that was going back to Germany

Riding brakeless makes you realise that deceleration requires as much effort as acceleration, something you never truly understand with a brake (or 2).

I have three bikes and two brakes, both on the same bike. I recently had a crash riding fixed brakeless (not my fault by the way) that has put me out for a couple of months. I have been asked if a brake would have helped. In all honesty I really dont think it would have done. The distence's were to small even for a brake. But, each to there own.

instead of charging through says Oxford Street with your hand on the brake levers just in case some muppet decided to walk across the road, which frankly is more unsafe than riding brakeless that force you to observe and analysis the situation more that chance are if any muppet step out on the road, you´ll easily go round them.

I have a lots less near misses when riding brakeless.

(scott not scot speak the truth about brakeless cyclists, however in racing, having brakes still come in handy).