Sad situation, but it goes to show the importance of ALWAYS maintaining your equipment properly (including fitting and setup) and riding within your limits.
Originally Posted by
trailangel
Disc Brakes
Originally Posted by
coominya
Yes the rational solution, but style often wins out against rationality.
I have no idea how the style of brakes affects the rider's hands not being able to actuate levers too big for her. My disc brake levers are probably the biggest levers I have and take quite a bit more effort (relatively) to use than my smaller V-brake levers.