Originally Posted by
photoassign
Sorry, but i have a little rant on the subj. Just where do we bikers get off thinking that braking is only for cars? I brake for suspicious intersections all the time, so what if it slows me down and requires extra effort to pedal from a stop, cagers waste horse power and fuel every time they stop and go too, why are we any better?
When you're in a car, do you slow down to a crawl at EVERY driveway and EVERY intersection (including the ones at which you get a green light)? When riding on the road in an urban environment you'll still do plenty of braking, I assure you, but riding on sidewalk safely in the same stretch often will mean that you'll have to brake every 100 feet... 30 feet.... 10 feet... five... At some point it just becomes ridiculous. See picture below for an illustration.
