front brake only???

[NS Capital Man]

i've got an NS Capital (hence the name) and it cant have disc brakes on the rear because it has no mounts, so now i'm running just some v brakes. i was wondering wether to take the v brake of and run a disc on the front??? (my forks and hub are disc suitable)

thanks

 

[yakuza857]

so your saying take off the rear brake and only have a front disc brake
that is really stuipd idea

 

[NS Capital Man]

yer im thinking of taking the rear v brake off and having a front disc brake only. why would it be so stupid?

 

[singlespeedfreeride]

youll figure it out the first time you need to slam the brakes

 

[Callan.]

I've seen it done. Opens up a whole new bag of tricks, but it's not as safe.

Think of avoiding a car suddenly and being flipped over the bars...

 

[Registered Nutcase]

the front dose most of the brakeing this is true but it also throws your weight forward and hense the OTB comments, on a flat road I it would be ok to run a front brake only

Your rear while having less acutal stopping power will be the safer option becase you cant go OTB when you lock your rear wheel.

hope this helps

 

[NS Capital Man]

thanks guys. so yes or no?

 

[yakuza857]

thanks guys. so yes or no?

no....
unless you like flying over bars doing 30-40km on a road

 

[NS Capital Man]

ok thanks guys, although it would be quite amusing seeing somene go otb at 40kph


except if it was me

 

[yakuza857]

ok thanks guys, although it would be quite amusing seeing somene go otb at 40kph


except if it was me

if you do decide to go front brake only, god knows why
please wear a helmet cam 24/7

 

[NS Capital Man]

haha that would be a good idea

 

[derek's dont run]

so your saying take off the rear brake and only have a front disc brake
that is really stuipd idea

if you suck as a rider. its actually quite common for some styles of riding.....

 

[NS Capital Man]

so it wouldn't be really stupid?

 

[derek's dont run]

no its not stupid but it depends what you are doing on the bike...i dont know how your ride or what you do....obviously racing dh is going to be interesting, but skate parks, street and dirt jumps etc would be fine...

 

[Zyphryss]

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/88846/

 

[Callan.]

Why don't you just try it?

 

[ridebikesnotchooks]

Front brake only.... Bad idea especially for dj/street.
How many times do you skid your back brakes even when your not trying? Front brakes dont skid so much....
Unless your name is danny mac or you never actually ride dont do it.

If you where to run both total different story.... Just fronts is asking for it.

 

[CrazyM]

Ur not riding a motor bike man, U'll go ass-over-tit bahhahaahhah
but if u do, can u please film it for us all to see ....??

Na, on a serious note, u'll use more of your rear brake then ur front on a push-bike.
So me personally I'd leave the rear!! and take off the front but it all just depends on what kind of riding u gonna be doing.

 

[yakuza857]

if you suck as a rider. its actually quite common for some styles of riding.....

so your saying you can come to a complete stop quickly if something unexpected pops out at you while your doing 40km with just a front brake?

people on fixies often just run a front brake but they have there legs to stop the back wheel aswell.

if you purely ride park and maybe dirt (as in you bike never touchs anything but the park and djs) then it would be alright.

 

[NS Capital Man]

still undecided i'll try it and see how i go