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• #77
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.
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• #78
ah, a fellow anticon fan!
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