- - Front or rear brake
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homebrewk
09-04-11 08:08 PM
Originally Posted by EpicSchwinn
(Post 13178659)
I'm surprised this thread has gone on this long. If you're riding on pavement and it's a fixed gear bike you will be just fine with a front brake. Unless you get something really high performance it will be hard to flip your bike unless you're trying. I have a Tektro dual pivot with koolstop pads and I think I'd still have to throw my weight forward and slam the brakes to get it to flip.
srsly.
camashtorcal
09-04-11 10:36 PM
Originally Posted by evilcryalotmore
(Post 13177077)
Have any of you actually flipped a bike? I dont understand how you can unless u have suspension, When you break, Your weight goes backwards.
Funny enough, but normally I don't skid to slow down or stop, just back pressure and front brake, but the few times that I've had an "OH Sh!!!!T!" moment where squeezing on my front brake as hard as I could was the difference between life or death, regardless of toppling over or not, my body reflexively skidded the rear tire a split second before I clutched the front brake allowing me to keep my balance. For those of you in Japan, don't ride in Chiba. Those drivers are a different sort of animal, Tokyo is a million times better.
