Originally Posted by cccorlew
Exactly.
Long thread over at
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=280068( link corrected on edit I hope... if not search for Need creative adaptive brake solution in mechanics) on all this. I used only the front brake on the road bike forever, and I'm comfortable with that. But it seems like a good idea, now that I'm old and slightly less crazy, to have some way to stop if I have a front brake problem. I never have, but think what a drag it would be to come down Diablo and lose brakes. YIKES!
That was an interesting thread with links to all sorts of cool gizmos to solve problems I never thought about. If it were me I'd want some way to squeeze both brakes at the same time, but my crazy hairs haven't been shaved all the way off yet.
Have fun with the rest of the build up and don't forget the documentation. I have a whole 3" binder filled with facts and instructions and photos from when I did mine.