08-05-2004, 10:03 PM
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| Guest | Re: please advise on buying a bike
On 5 Aug 2004 17:15:22 -0700, mnhenley@msn.com (Mike Henley) wrote:
>p. Also it made me aware that I prefer
>the brakes to be in the pedals, operated by feet, rather than those
>hand-operated ones on the steering that made me slam into a metal post
>much to the amusement of everyone who sat in the cafes in that Dutch
>market square.
I've never had that sort of problem with handbrakes, short of the
cables snapping (very scary moment, commuting in London: front brake
cable snapped in two as I was approaching an intersection. fun!)
The only reason I ever preferred back-pedal brakes (coaster brakes) to
handbrakes is the ease with which I can induce a rear-wheel skid on a
coaster-brake bike. It was great when I was a kid--hammer down the
street, fast as you can, lock up the rear brake, and slide the bike as
far sideways as you dared.
-Luigi
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