Originally Posted by
chas58
I'm hoping this is a misprint.
I don't think it was...
Originally Posted by
chas58
If there is only one brake:
I ride my Fixed Gear with a brake on the front (as the rear wheel can brake without calipers)
Single speed should have a brake on the back.
I'm hoping
this is a misprint.
Originally Posted by
chas58
You never want to ride a bike without the ability to brake the rear wheel.
I wonder why that would be. Braking the rear wheel is nice, not necessary. Braking the front wheel is
very necessary. Just because the idiots riding with only rear braking haven't killed themselves yet does nothing to invalidate the fact that 80% of braking force comes from the front wheels. Motorcycles always have the bigger brakes up front. Some run dual disks up front and a puny single disk in the rear. Locking up and skidding a rear wheel is never as serious as locking up and skidding a front wheel but
even so the front wheels of any vehicle (cars included) are always supplied with much more braking potential than the rear wheels. BTW, it is being charitable at best to characterize what happens at the rear wheel of a fixie when the rider backpedals, as 'braking'.