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@Steff
I've done this in the past (30mph emergency stops in controlled conditions on private land, front-only and rear-only) when I was doing my motorbike license many years ago - you stop a LOT faster front-only. On a bicycle, I'd expect the effect to be greater if anything, since the rider's weight (thrown forward under braking, unloading the rear wheel) makes a greater proportion of the weight of the whole system.