Quote Originally Posted by Irulan
why would you think the back brake is a better choice for MTB? It's ineffective at best: skids & lockup when applied too hard, harder to finesse,

Irulan

Yep! The day I lost my front brakes mountain biking down Meridian Ridge on Diablo, I was thinking, with all my spare brain cells, why the front? And all the rear did was slide.

V.