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cantilever brake cable popped out
Hello, today I was biking rather quickly and someone in front of me braked super hard and I had to use both of my brakes to stop. However my front cantilever brake cable popped out of the brake cable hanger, thus making it inefficient and I had a little accident but I did not crash or anything. The straddle cable was still in tact. Either way I think it was my fault since there was little to none of the braking cable hanging on the hanger and was not tight enough. Do appreciate any other advice as I will be replacing the brake cable and not bike as fast.
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You pretty much answered your question on advice. With properly operating brakes, and appropriate circumstances, nothing wrong with a lot of speed. I love to go fast, and I like excellent braking just as much.
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The first thing that popped out at me was "I had to use both of my brakes to stop." That implies that you normally only use your rear brake, and that when you had to stop suddenly, you did something you don't normally do, which was engage the front brake.
Always use both hands for braking. Always, always, always. Even if you're just slowing down or coming to a gentle stop, you want to train your muscle memory to be reaching for both brakes. And you should exercise those brakes by practicing your panic stops occasionally. Know how your bike (and you) are going to behave when you have to stop suddenly. What happened to you is exactly why. You're not used to using the front brake and so your brain had to "remember" that it was there - you didn't reach for it instinctively. And then you discovered that your front brake wasn't working correctly anyway. And even if it had been, you're not used to engaging the front brake and under the panic-stop situation, you might have sent yourself over the handlebars. Fix your brakes, then find a nice place to practice hard braking. Use both brakes and get a feel for it. Most of all, make sure your brakes are fully operational before you hit the road. When you're about to hit something is not the time to find out your brakes don't work right, or that you don't know how to handle the bike under sudden stops. |
Originally Posted by Jeff Neese
(Post 22670229)
The first thing that popped out at me was "I had to use both of my brakes to stop." That implies that you normally only use your rear brake, and that when you had to stop suddenly, you did something you don't normally do, which was engage the front brake.
Always use both hands for braking. Always, always, always. Even if you're just slowing down or coming to a gentle stop, you want to train your muscle memory to be reaching for both brakes. And you should exercise those brakes by practicing your panic stops occasionally. Know how your bike (and you) are going to behave when you have to stop suddenly. What happened to you is exactly why. You're not used to using the front brake and so your brain had to "remember" that it was there - you didn't reach for it instinctively. And then you discovered that your front brake wasn't working correctly anyway. And even if it had been, you're not used to engaging the front brake and under the panic-stop situation, you might have sent yourself over the handlebars. Fix your brakes, then find a nice place to practice hard breaking. Use both brakes and get a feel for it. Most of all, make sure your brakes are fully operational before you hit the road. When you're about to hit something is not the time to find out your brakes don't work right, or that you don't know how to handle the bike under sudden stops. |
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