Originally Posted by
Nightshade
No, Worksman do not have brake problems at all. A Worksman bike is the ONLY bike allowed
to decend the steep trail of the Hawaiian mountain.
To wit........
"A Worksman model was formerly sold as the Urban Assault Cycle, the Hum Vee of bikes. A similar style of bike is used in Hawaii for a downhill ride at one of the islands valcanos. The ride is 27 miles long, and the drum brakes are the only brakes that can handle that job."
Per the Worksman web site the drum brakes are extra cost options, not standard. Personally I consider any bike with only a rear coaster brake, as standard on the Worksman bikes, to be inadequately braked.
I would think that current disc brakes for bikes would be equally as effective as drum brakes.