Originally Posted by
kickstart
If one has the skills to not kill themselves with brakes that powerful, they also have the skills to not kill themselves if they aren't.... If not, it won't make a difference.
That's a pretty low bar, in the dry. The last bike I had that didn't have brakes that good was a bike with 16" wheels and only a coaster brake.
Good brakes have saved my bacon a few times, and I see no reason to use defective by design brakes.