Originally Posted by
ianjk
Did you eat ****?
heh usually I pedal down without braking, but I unclipped(one sided pedals) before going down so I kind of screwed myself. I managed to clip back in a while after realizing how stupid I was, but my rim was burning by then.
Originally Posted by
adriano
i would never use brakes with gears, not even occasionally, poseur.
there's a video on Youtube showing some old footage of an Italian guy going down these switchbacks on a road bike without holding the handlebars and using his foot to brake. Too bad I don't remember what it's called.