Originally Posted by feefifofum
My reason: I like to ride with hoods and, when I started riding fixed, was used to brake-ability in both hands. I only wanted a front brake and didn't want to have to think about which hand was the dummy brake lever. So, for commuting in traffic two levers to one brake made sense in theory. A bit of a bust in practise.
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OK..that makes sense, as you say, "in theory". One other question. Can you generate much more braking power by pulling with both levers? I'd be afraid of grabbing both levers in a panick and end up endoing over the bars.