Very Lucky Today
Road Master
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,118
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From: Coweta, Oklahoma
So I commute 24 miles one way to work and 14 of it is interstate which I do at a relaxing 70-75. I hit my exit and go to get on my brake and......the pedal is flat. The pin from the brake pedal to the brake rod has disappeared...and Im looking down at my pedal that is flat and level with my boards.
Luckily its a straight exit and not curving as I begin grabbing and releasing my front brake.
Pulled over and luckily got a ride to and back from a home depot 2 miles away. Put a 21 cdent bolt and nut on it and drove it to work.
Afterwards was just thinking how lucky I was to discover that while exiting instead of 1000 other situations where you need a quick brake.
Probably should get a lottery ticket.
Luckily its a straight exit and not curving as I begin grabbing and releasing my front brake.
Pulled over and luckily got a ride to and back from a home depot 2 miles away. Put a 21 cdent bolt and nut on it and drove it to work.
Afterwards was just thinking how lucky I was to discover that while exiting instead of 1000 other situations where you need a quick brake.
Probably should get a lottery ticket.
Top. As a earlier poster said back in the day using the front brake was not recommended for stopping except for an emergency.
Cruiser
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 171
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From: Local
Or on the old Brit bikes (40-50's) the front brake wouldn't work at all when they filled with water, **** my 65 trumpy has no brakes at all if i ride it in heavy rain and the drums fill with water,, so you got used to not using it, anyway locking up the back and sliding sideways while still having control has saved my **** 3 times, at least one of them if I'd hit the front I'd be dead. different traffic different times. 
Last edited by Bushranger; May 4, 2014 at 07:16 AM.
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