Originally Posted by
freecycle
Its a comfort and control thing. More fingers wrapped around the bar means a tighter grip and more control in a technical downhill, when youre throwing your weight around and tugging on the bars. So with one finger you can usually get adequate speed control while maintaining a strong hold on your bars.
I usually stick with two fingers personally, I like to feel floaty
Figured. Looks like it's time for a further lever throw adjustment on the brakes so they don't hit my knuckles ever (I've tried settings things up 1-fingered for my last couple of rides but I've hit my knuckes a couple of times and it totally destroys my concentration/confidence to just use 1 finger/lever). I suppose it might be flex in the levers as well but hopefully I can get this set up better without having to throw money at the problem to make it go away.