Originally Posted by
badger1
I'm pretty sure the problem here was that the rider was not in his illusory drops, from whence much greater emergency control etc. blah blah blah can be exercised.
Let this be a lesson to us all.
Wrong dumb argument--we're going to get lectured about how we're not fit enough to pedal backwards properly, and that doing so is as efficient as brakes. SPOILER ALERT -it's not.