One finger braking

No thanks, maybe it is odd Hayes Stoker levers, maybe its my arthritic index fingers but it was tried and it found wanting. Back to the old ways for this old dog, in fact I am thinking of upgrading to 4 finger braking.
Don, did you bang your head yesterday...

Are you going for a record, most new posts on a monday
Wrong Don, wrong!

Most times I wipe out it's from too much brake, not too little. Look at yesterdays carnage pretty much all those slams were down to too much brake.

One finger braking gives you more power to lift the front of the bike and helps you control the speed without locking up the wheels. Which means more speed and fewer over the handlebar sessions.

It took me a few tries to get the levers set up right. Basically the lever needs to be much further in along the bar then you might think.
Originally posted by Sideburner View Post
Wrong Don, wrong!
Look at yesterdays carnage pretty much all those slams were down to too much brake.
WRONG! Deep snow and slow speed caused the two first ones, a big hole got Justin next, a big boulder and not enough momentum caused mine, the only time my brakes caused me problems was when I nearly went went sailing off a switchback as I dabbled in one finger braking, but then again, that wasn't really the place to start experimenting!