Originally Posted by
Happy Feet
And no pretending you can brake with one finger effectively bombing down a dangerous steep mountain descent as was dramatically described.
One-finger braking is pretty standard practice in MTB.
And as described before, if you're in the drops, that one finger is positioned to have as much leverage on the brakes a single finger can possibly have. It's an entirely different matter from one-finger braking on the hoods, where the single finger is close to the pivot and has a poor angle on the lever. It's worth several times more torque.