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Sandy Morton
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In article <[email protected]>, Pete Biggs
<pLime{remove_fruit}@biggs.tc> wrote:
> > If the brakes are correctly balanced they will be perfectly safe.
> Not true. Won't be safe in an emergency stop or under hard braking when the rear could easily lock
> up (especially on a road bike), no matter how the brakes are "balanced". When braking hard, all or
> nearly all weight is transfered to the front.
How many bikes have you converted for disabled use?
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A T (Sandy) Morton on the Bicycle Island In the Global Village http://www.sandymillport.fsnet.co.uk
<pLime{remove_fruit}@biggs.tc> wrote:
> > If the brakes are correctly balanced they will be perfectly safe.
> Not true. Won't be safe in an emergency stop or under hard braking when the rear could easily lock
> up (especially on a road bike), no matter how the brakes are "balanced". When braking hard, all or
> nearly all weight is transfered to the front.
How many bikes have you converted for disabled use?
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A T (Sandy) Morton on the Bicycle Island In the Global Village http://www.sandymillport.fsnet.co.uk