Timeline for How many fingers on the brake lever of an MTB?
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| Dec 22, 2022 at 17:24 | history | edited | Swifty | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 22, 2022 at 9:37 | comment | added | cherouvim | Quick update: This answer is now 10 years old but still holds strong. I've been to 50+ races (downhill and enduro) and have ridden thousands of times with hundreds of different people. There have been zero cases where I saw someone (not total noob) riding with more than one finger on their levers. And mountain bike brakes could nowadays stop a truck. | |
| Dec 22, 2022 at 9:33 | comment | added | cherouvim | @Swifty because the handlebar needs grip. And having a lot of fingers on the levers and not on the bars reduces grip. The same way you don't drive your car with your pinky fingers only. | |
| Dec 20, 2022 at 21:47 | comment | added | Swifty | "Anything else can be dangerous"...because... | |
| Apr 15, 2013 at 6:09 | history | edited | cherouvim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 3, 2012 at 12:27 | comment | added | Vorac | @Benzo, I use two fingers to break, as my cheep commuter bike is not quite suited to the dirt roads. However, I like cherouvim's first couple of sentences - if you need more than one finger, your bike is not exactly made for this thing, so take care. Quite a practical advice. | |
| Nov 30, 2012 at 13:35 | comment | added | Benzo | @Vorac - I'm pretty sure though, that using all 4 fingers to brake is WAY too much. 1 or 2 seems to be the norm if you're riding a bike with well tuned brakes. | |
| Nov 30, 2012 at 13:29 | comment | added | Benzo | I'm guessing these guys are all running hydraulic disc brakes or possibly cable acuated disc brakes. I don't doubt braking force varies by type of brake used. If I had cantilever brakes with drop bars or even v-brakes on a mountain bike, I might need more force sometimes. | |
| Nov 30, 2012 at 13:07 | comment | added | Vorac | Well, yes, you did not say anything about road bikes. To be fair myself, I am interested only in mountain bikes. Further, I asked this question, because I realized some of my friends use all four to stop, and wanted to check if I am indeed correct that this is not a best practice. | |
| Nov 30, 2012 at 12:58 | comment | added | cherouvim | To be fair though note that I only answered part of your question. | |
| Nov 30, 2012 at 10:55 | comment | added | Vorac | I accept you answer, as it provides the most concrete information, beyond the general wisdom "the fewer, the better". Also, shiny pictures :D | |
| Nov 30, 2012 at 10:54 | vote | accept | Vorac | ||
| Nov 30, 2012 at 9:59 | history | edited | cherouvim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 30, 2012 at 9:56 | comment | added | cherouvim | Also, have a look at the XTR trail brake which now has a very short lever. | |
| Nov 30, 2012 at 9:56 | comment | added | cherouvim | LBSes and factories do not necessarily deliver 100% battle ready trail bikes. So, some times shocks may be under-lubricated, bars may be narrow, stems too long and levers not properly configured on the bars. | |
| Nov 30, 2012 at 9:53 | history | edited | cherouvim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 30, 2012 at 9:52 | comment | added | cherouvim | Fixed the typo. I meant index. Sorry, my English is not my first language. | |
| Nov 30, 2012 at 8:48 | comment | added | Vorac | Hooray for the pictures! And again hooray for the idea to position the commands closer to the stem. But why do LBSes not position the levers in this way when assembling a bike? Also, you say pinky, but on the pictures everyone uses their index fingers! | |
| Nov 30, 2012 at 6:27 | history | edited | cherouvim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 30, 2012 at 6:14 | history | answered | cherouvim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |