http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Braking - left/right front/rear en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:52:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=654#post-5654 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:32:00 +0000 wee folding bike 5654@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dave, could have been Sheldon,</p> <p><a href="http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brakturn.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brakturn.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=654#post-5652 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:45:33 +0000 chdot 5652@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Just did an interview with BBC in the park, I rode a white bike for the first time, a dog ran in front of my path, I had a coffee in one hand and I pulled the brakes pretty hard and went straight over the handlebars."</p> <p>Angus Farquar (on FaceBook) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=654#post-5468 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:09:51 +0000 Dave 5468@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I read somewhere that the only people who go over the front of their bikes are the ones who don't usually use their front brake, so are unprepared for the fact that it works so well!</p> <p>I'm the opposite. I once rode a 200km audax with my rear brake undone (from having the bike in the car) and only noticed when I took the wheel off to put it back in the car at the end - oops!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=654#post-5462 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:46:52 +0000 Arellcat 5462@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All my bikes' brakes are set up as right/front, left/rear; my trike only has front brakes and one lever.</p> <p>The gear shifters on my main bike are set up as right/front, left/rear, which lets me change down on the sprockets and brake harder at the same time. My other bikes' gears are right/rear, left/front, which only confuses everyone else. :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=654#post-5453 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:14:04 +0000 chdot 5453@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The advantage being that you can cycle to the park in a 'normal 'gear then play polo in a 'granny' gear."</p> <p>Sensible</p> <p>Some cycle speedway people cycle to races.</p> <p>Illegal and.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=654#post-5450 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:10:43 +0000 recombodna 5450@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Whatever works for you really. Most folk do ride fixed at polo but i found a nexus 3 speed back wheel with a coaster brake. The advantage being that you can cycle to the park in a 'normal 'gear then play polo in a 'granny' gear. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=654#post-5449 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:07:09 +0000 chdot 5449@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I have a polo bike set up with a coaster brake and the front brake"</p> <p>Is that 'normal'? Had assumed polo bikes would be fixed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=654#post-5447 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:04:36 +0000 recombodna 5447@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a polo bike set up with a coaster brake and the front brake on the left so I can mallet with my right hand. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=654#post-5445 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:01:17 +0000 steveo 5445@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"This certainly can be the case with inexperienced (and light) children jamming on a brake in panic."</p> <p>Or people going back to mtb brakes after a while on road bikes. Doesn't help when the mtb comes with squishy suspension. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=654#post-5444 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:57:16 +0000 chdot 5444@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dave posted this</p> <p>"I have all my bikes set up with 'euro style' brakes so that I can give that signal while having the main brake to hand."</p> <p>As part of <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=645">another thread on signalling</a>.</p> <p>Of course the left/rear brake convention (reversed in US and Europe) is due to the 'fact' that putting on the front brake (alone) was 'likely' to lead to people going over the handlebars.</p> <p>This certainly can be the case with inexperienced (and light) children jamming on a brake in panic. </p>