Originally Posted by Abneycat (Post 6295495)

Actually, this reminds me of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-nz...eature=related this :D

Originally Posted by makeinu (Post 6292239)

A good grip is not necessarily a tight grip. A good grip is an unobstructed grip that allows you to apply the right amount of force for the situation. Putting brake levers between your hands and the handlebars hinders that. It might even force you to use too tight a grip (for example, lightening your grip might prevent you from squeezing the levers with enough force to skillfully engage the brake).
Which is exactly why it's a bad idea to either commit your hands to braking by putting them over the brake levers or commit them to steering by putting them under the brake levers. Using different extremities for braking and steering allows you to switch between the two more quickly, but if you are stuck being committed to one and can't switch fast enough then you might be tempted to do both simultaneously because you can't do either one with the necessary precision..

Originally Posted by chipcom (Post 6294551)

Holy crap, are you trying out for the HH Wall of Words competition?

Originally Posted by modernjess (Post 6296812)

To the OP's credit, it is one of the more entertaining threads I've seen in a while.

Originally Posted by Paul L. (Post 6297379)

Hmmm, he hasn't posted in awhile. Perhaps he has been shamed or adjusted his handlebars. Just maybe, in a long shot, he feared becoming the next makeinu, merton, or R600durace. Be afraid, be very afraid young skywalker.

Originally Posted by BikEthan (Post 6297521)

Uh... the OP IS makeinu.

Originally Posted by tjspiel (Post 6295992)

JTGraphics' post also applies to me with road bikes. I only have two fingers on the lever. On a mountain bike, I have all 4 fingers on the lever and my thumb on the bar, but if I look at where my fingers land, it's only the outside fingers for the most part that actuate the lever. The inside fingers mostly grip.

Originally Posted by BikEthan (Post 6297521)

Uh... the OP IS makeinu.

Originally Posted by AlmostTrick (Post 6298025)

You may be happy to hear that I am working out the bugs on a braking system that doesn't require the use of hands or feet. It is a collection of small face sensors that can detect when you smile, and then send an electronic signal to a modified disc brake unit. It applies braking force in relation to how big your grin is. I figure this way when I see a hot chick (and pretty much lose control of my hands and feet) my bike will automatically stop so I can talk to her. In extreme cases of beauty it may launch me over the handlebars, but either way I think she'll be impressed.

Originally Posted by Paul L. (Post 6297822)

Oops. Sorry, Too early in the morning. I am shamed! :(

Although now my comment about the lifted handlebars in relation to his chain tool thread makes perfect sense.

Originally Posted by makeinu (Post 6292239)

Considering the fact that I didn't mention any experience, I'm quite surprised at how many folks find that their experience differs. What exactly is your experience different from?

Originally Posted by Paul L. (Post 6292614)

Ok guys, I think I understand him now. Picture a road bike, the normal curve handlebars have been rotated up so the curves stare you in the face and the brakes are now towards you and not pointed down the road. This sounds like the situation our OP is in. I see lots of these guys around (they do it to incorrectly to get a more upright position). I say this half in jest, but it makes all of the above arguments sound sensible if this is the dangerous handbrakes he is talking about.

Originally Posted by Severian (Post 6299476)

markhr,

You will be forgiven for breaking my screen w/ your massive images only because the desired effect is funny. :D

Originally Posted by markhr (Post 6299522)

thanks :D

Originally Posted by markhr (Post 6299522)

thanks :D

Originally Posted by Severian (Post 6299551)

Except, if you wanted to make a visual joke it would have been more direct and grotesque if you'd found an image of someone's broken leg.

Originally Posted by Paul L. (Post 6298081)

Does it compensate for say someone with a tick, or perhaps the creepy guy who always smiles?