Here's a question I could pretty much only get away with on this forum, and maybe not even here.

I'm a big guy with small, weak hands. As shameful as it is to admit, even with a properly adjusted front disc brake I have a hard time locking up the front wheel. My hands are just too small and too weak to get a lot of leverage, and it takes a lot to stop me. I can stop pretty well, but at a comfortable braking force I can still feel significant additional stopping power when I apply the front and rear brake (rear brake is cantilever, FWIW).

So....I've been toying with the idea of setting my bike up with a disc brake AND a caliper brake in front (my fork supports both), hooking the left lever up to the disc and the right lever up to the caliper, then maybe hooking the rear brake up to a cross lever. My thinking is that it would give me two different choices to modulate my stopping power and when combined should maximize braking force. My fear is that it would be too much and I'd end up throwing myself over the bars the first time I tried an emergency stop.

Anyone ever try something like this?