Originally Posted by queerpunk
ugh. i can only imagine. unnecessary indeed! i can't imagine how slowing down would be of any help in the kinds of packs and races i was watching out at kissena this weekend (VeloCity - so much fun...)
Noone has brakes, Noone can stop fast. Applying excessive pressure is dangerous for you and everyone behind you and therefore incredibly poor form. Maybe if you are in a five race full of street fg riders who shouldn't be racing yet it might be necessary if
all of the dumbasses in front of you stop short. In general though this doesn't happen. Even higher cat track races aren't like the ****fest of braking that is a cat 5 crit.
If you are riding around people who belong in a race then stopping even in a pack hard enough to approach spinning off a cog simply won't happen.