Timeline for What is safer...coaster brakes, rim brakes, or fixed gear braking?
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| Jan 19, 2021 at 19:39 | comment | added | Daniel Brotherston | Dropping chain of cogs is more common than breaking when you have a rear derailleur. But a bike with a single cog on the back (as you'd find on any fixie or coaster brake bike), dropping a chain should be orders of magnitude less common IF the drivetrain is tensioned properly. Whether that is more or less common than breaking a chain on a single speed bike, I really don't know, but it is a good point. | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 14:59 | comment | added | ojs | In my experience chain dropping off cogs is much more common than breaking, and it interferes with braking just the same. Except of course if it drops to spoke side in the back. | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 14:41 | history | edited | Daniel Brotherston | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2021 at 2:06 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Additionally, some locations legislate that bicycles must have two independent brakes. | |
| Jan 18, 2021 at 23:51 | history | answered | Daniel Brotherston | CC BY-SA 4.0 |