Originally Posted by Bklyn
In my gut I certainly don't believe it. (And that "twice as long" stat is pretty specious, if you ask me.)
It is true, and it's definately worth some practice stops (maybe with something soft behind the stopping point in case you screw up) to prove it to your gut - it will make you a safer rider (once you fix your front brakes). It's like skidding a fixed gear... before you learn to do it you're convinced that you'll kill yourself, but afterwards it becomes automatic and you wonder why it took so long to try.