Trials: 1 finger braking

[Karnage]

Do u guys all use 1 finger braking or not? I am on V Brakes and i try to use 1 finger braking but it doesn't seem to work very strongly. Just wondering whether anyone else has this problem?

 

[Ty]

during my stint of doing trials i found it near impossible useing V-brakes with either 1 or 2 fingers, magura HS33s fixed that problem.

 

[stooge]

I use 2 fingers for rear wheel moves and tricks were pressure is been applied more so than normal and every thing else just use 1 finger

Stooooge
"Ride On"

 

[jayboy882003]

it depends on what type of brake u got. if ur running like magura's it will me easy. if ur using crummy v's it will be harder. make sure to maintain and cleans rims regularly!! or is u got a disc like me (Shimano XT) is easy to brake...i use my pinkie finger!!

 

[Ty]

it depends on what type of brake u got. if ur running like magura's it will me easy. if ur using crummy v's it will be harder. make sure to maintain and cleans rims regularly!! or is u got a disc like me (Shimano XT) is easy to brake...i use my pinkie finger!!

till you snap off your rear disk brake tab or your chain/seatstay

 

[jayboy882003]

i dont havea rear disc

 

[Ty]

i dont havea rear disc

sorry it just sounded like you were running full discs, i never really found the need to run front disc when i had my trials rig built up.



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[ECHO boy]

one finger!

one finger is da way to go in trials. makes it more easier on the back wheel and doing power moves like gapping or upping plus it gives u more leverage!

V's work good at the rear if u set it up correctly and use the correct pad, and i'm running maggie which is pretty awsome! front for me for da front tho! one finger everything!


cheers
al.

 

[Rik]

I use one-finger braking on all my bikes...
That includes U, V, dual-pivot sidepulls, discs, and maguras that are on all of my bikes...
From 14 onwards I did that, took me a while to develop the strength, but now all my brakes only need a single finger to operate, which is a whole lot better for not just trials, but bike control in general.

 

[fastrider gus]

i can only ever use one finger.. other wise my girly hands cant hold on! lol
i used to have LX vee's with some kool-stop sticky pads back in my more trialsy days..

 

[Fritta]

i use 2 fingers all the time maybe its the strength of them like rik said. i could never brake with one finger

 

[Guest]

i use hayes hydros :lol:

 

[fastrider gus]

damnit... you are cheating fuzz..

 

[Guest]

:lol:
its cuz im awesome