Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Braking on a bike is complicated. Most people don't know anything about it although they may do it all the time. Usually, they find out what they don't know only at the point where they need to know it. The guy you are referencing is one of those people.
I've read your post through and I don't actually find where you say why you think he's wrong (that he'd like a rim brake on the front and disk on the rear). But you did insult him twice for it. So why? I really didn't want this thread to turn into another go-round on braking technique or how many gees anyone can pull - because that got dumb last time. It suffices for this discussion that the front brake is probably the most powerful thing on the bike but the rear doesn't need to be. It probably needs to be 1/4 as powerful. And if we agree they don't need to be the same, then which style would you like on which end, and why?