I think God may be telling me to go brakeless

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  • ditto what BMMF says.
    i had to do an emergency stop when a car pulled out on me while i was cranking along on the drops at 25mph+ next to wimbledon common. instinctively grabbed the front brake, shoved my arse back, started to resist with my legs and prayed. rear wheel just started to lift as i came to a stop. it was actually a perfectly executed stop (luck not skill).
    i was quite impressed with how quickly you can stop with decent road brakes

  • i was quite impressed with how quickly you can stop with decent road brakes

    It is truly mind-blowing. If I think about the design of rim brakes (thin cable, anchor bolt, little bits of rubber, small contact patch on the road) it seems highly unlikely that such a thing could stop you so abruptly, and yet with such a lot of feedback and room for miniscule modulations on the part of the user.

    There's a song by cLOUDdEAD that says, "physics of a bicycle, isn't it remarkable?" - oh yes.

  • ah, a fellow anticon fan!

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I think God may be telling me to go brakeless

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