Originally Posted by hockeyteeth
I can't count the number of times I have tried to brake the roadie by backpedaling after not having ridden it in a while. I always panic for a second because I forget I have handbrakes available.
I kind of instinctively remember how to stop each of my bikes although my tall bike was broken for a couple of months and something like that happened. When I finally rode it again I tried to stop with the pedals (****, freewheel), the reached for brake levers (oh yeah, no hand brakes either) and finally stopped with my foot. It was scary for a second or two.