Brakes are good
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Originally Posted by lyeinyoureye
Ouch, at least you're alive. I heard on the t3x you gotz eatenz by a 2.5L poodle.
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Originally Posted by trackstar10
well.... ive been in about 10 or 12 more crashes in the last two years with a brake than without,
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deathare: glad you're okay. I like brakes on toast... extra butter on mine...
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just ride singlespeed if your gonna use a brake. the first bicycle was a fixed gear, and bicycles didnt have brakes untill the freewheel was invented.
and brakes are UGLY
and brakes are UGLY
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Originally Posted by trackstar10
just ride singlespeed if your gonna use a brake. the first bicycle was a fixed gear, and bicycles didnt have brakes untill the freewheel was invented.
and brakes are UGLY
and brakes are UGLY
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Originally Posted by pyze-guy
No offence intended here, but with this many crashes, you would be the last person I would listen to when it comes to riding a bike and brakes.
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Originally Posted by trackstar10
ive been in about 10 or 12 more crashes in the last two years with a brake than without,
BTW, people need to learn how to use those goddam brakes. Flying over the bars is so 2006...
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Originally Posted by LóFarkas
BTW, people need to learn how to use those goddam brakes. Flying over the bars is so 2006...
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I went over the bars last year...
but it was caused by a fence.
but it was caused by a fence.
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Originally Posted by ryand
but it was caused by a fence.
fun times.
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You have 3 options
a- you learn how to ride brakeless
b- you learn how to use a front brake without flying over the bars every time you touch it
c- put front and rear brake
a- you learn how to ride brakeless
b- you learn how to use a front brake without flying over the bars every time you touch it
c- put front and rear brake
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Originally Posted by dirtyphotons
oh yeah? cause at the time you seemed pretty sure it was caused by babychris
fun times.
fun times.
we need a larger team this year.
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Originally Posted by Landgolier
Totally useless comparison. Road races involve dozens or even hundreds of riders and all kinds of unexpected conditions on the road. The only unexpected stuff on a track is the other riders, and the whole mentality of track racing is "don't do anything unexpected or you'll get us all f***ing killed." Not that roadies don't try to be predictable as well, but it's a whole other thing on the track. The only comparison would be a mass start race with about 50 people, about 5 holes knocked in the track, big screens so the turns are blind, somebody emptying bags of trash in front of a big fan on the backstretch, and maybe the occasional squirrel release. Yeah, that would be fun.
Where is this track? And are all the race spots filled?
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I still don't understand the whole flying over the bars thing. I've never come remotely close to going over the bars...maybe I'm just lucky?
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stick.in.spokes.
it was a gmae we used to play as kids in my driveway.
we would go over the bars... a lot.
it was a gmae we used to play as kids in my driveway.
we would go over the bars... a lot.
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Last year, I broke my wrist the same way. Beats being run over, I guess. I'm getting into the habit of ducking down & bracing my arms when emergency braking to prevent being catapulted.
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Originally Posted by Aldone
You have 3 options
a- you learn how to ride brakeless
b- you learn how to use a front brake without flying over the bars every time you touch it
c- put front and rear brake
a- you learn how to ride brakeless
b- you learn how to use a front brake without flying over the bars every time you touch it
c- put front and rear brake
Option c requires you to adopt option b.
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Originally Posted by caloso
Where is this track? And are all the race spots filled?
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Originally Posted by I Like Peeing
I still don't understand the whole flying over the bars thing. I've never come remotely close to going over the bars...maybe I'm just lucky?
The brakeless crowd just likes to use this as an excuse to justify their brakelessness. You will never just go flying over the bars superman-style by using your front brakes...in a severe emergency stop you may endo and perhaps fall forward as you make a sudden stop, but thats still better than plowing into a bus at 22 mph.
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Originally Posted by Weldman
Real riders have brakes and use the hell out of them.
Your brake usage does not determine your "riderness"