Originally Posted by
Juggler2
With just the coaster brake, I don't have a problem bringing the bike to a halt. However I don't ride at a breakneck pace either. Mine is the S3C hub, and I
beleive that's the one that Sheldon Brown disliked. If memory serves, I beleive he stated that the coaster brake (S3C) was subject to impromptu breakage. I'm sure Sheldon was a much more aggresive rider than I, and as I said before, I have no problem with it. I'd never recommend anyone disable their front brake, in fact my Kool Stops are an attempt to
improve the front brake.
I hear ya. I'll hit the big 6 oh! in a few months and I definitely don't rag it like I used to. In fact, when I shined, oiled and tensioned up my trusty old 10-speed [yes virginia, I'm that old], a Panasonic Schwinn Super Le Tour 12.2, and took it for a blast at the beginning of the summer here, it finally occurred to me that I should get a helmet LOL.
But my 3-speed riding is generally recreational with an occasional grocery, drug store or auto parts store run thrown in.
So the reason I asked the question about the coaster brake is that I'm considering building a "Poor Man's KB2" by putting one of these...
http://hubstripping.wordpress.com/20...coaster-brake/
...on one of these...
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Thruster-7...-Bike/17206771
...to approximate one of these...
http://www.torkerusa.com/bikes/commute/2012-kb2-