Originally Posted by
dnuzzomueller
If you are in a situation like that locking a front wheel will cause a crash much faster than having too much speed. When the roads are wet any brake you have will be able to lock your wheel. The trick is toeing the line on locking your brake. You are probably mis-interpreting the feel of your brakes and feel that they lack power when infact they are just modulating it..
No dig intended, my apologies.
My current brakes are not capable of locking either wheel, wet or dry, above about 10mph. Modulation is simply not an issue when the only way you can control your speed it to use every ounce of hand strength to haul the levers as tight as you can and end up with aching hands at the end of the ride. At very low speed in the wet I can JUST lock the back wheel. Out of interest, how much do you weigh?