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Old 05-06-10, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by apricissimus
Well, I'm of the opinion that a FG without at least a front brake is pretty foolish, so that hadn't occurred to me. But is a dismount at a high rate of speed desirable? Maybe in some situations, I dunno. And maybe at lower speeds it's doable. This has never happened to me, but I think I'd be more inclined to stop using the Fred Flintstone method in most cases.
I was being kinda silly, I have no idea why you'd need to dismount a FG faster. CX, sure, part of the race, right? Maybe for FG tricks? And yeah... no brakes & "foolish" is being kind!
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