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But you don't size your brakes for rolling through a foot of powder, where as you say brakes are all but redundant, you size them for bombing down a dry tarmac road hill towards a T-junction, because that's the most extreme braking you'll need. Particularly as smallfurry is building thins thing cargo capable, and it may therefore be his first choice for some summer shopping trips in addition to its main purpose.