Originally Posted by mechBgon
Anyway, keep this in mind. If you want to exert all your strength on one brake in particular, make it the rear one.
Actually, I think I'd pick the front... I'm a relatively big guy (210 pounds), and there's no way I can lock my front wheel, even in the rain. On the other hand, I can easily lock the rear wheel and start skidding.
It might be different for lighter riders, or people with disc brakes.