You only need one finger..
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I have Tektro V-brakes so... er... 4 fingers.
Nah, first two.
I don't fancy buying all the clobber to get disc brakes.0 -
I've not got comfy with 1 finger at the moment. I think it's partly because I can't get the brake levers far enough in on the bars with my shifters.It works, when they die I'll try something different!Rock Lobster 853, Trek 1200 and a very old, tired and loved Apollo Javelin.0
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I think next time I'm beginning to get arm pump I may try switching to the middle finger. Might give the muscles a rest.
Because the muscles that operate your fingers are in your arm, not in your hand or fingers. So it makes sense.
Now where are the pinky finger braking freaks..0 -
I use 2 fingers because I dont like the levers close into the grips. Index finger braking makes my right arm pump up.
Doesnt matter how many fingers you use as long as people would just lay off dragging the back brake. Jeez all you can hear at trail centres is back wheels locking up making big brake bumps, ploughing furrows and tearing the trail to bits.Fig rolls: proof that god loves cyclists and that she wants us to do another lap0 -
1 finger here..
Remove the optics from the shifters and put them outside of the brake levers. Makes it a lot easier to use the shifters as they are not 2 metres away lol...
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I was wondering. Perhaps there's a correlation between your longest finger and your braking finger?
My middle finger is far longer than my index finger and I brake with my middle finger.
Many people have a longer index finger...0 -
-Liam- wrote:1 finger here..
Remove the optics from the shifters and put them outside of the brake levers. Makes it a lot easier to use the shifters as they are not 2 metres away lol...
Love to, mine don't have the option (old lx). CBA with the effort of trying to bodge it.Rock Lobster 853, Trek 1200 and a very old, tired and loved Apollo Javelin.0 -
Been using two finger braking since I had shimano DX V brakes oooh, years ago.
(when I had Diatech mechanical disks, I used 4 finger braking, and still couldn;t slow down
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I would happily use one finger braking, but just can't get my shifters and levers in a position that's comfortable to do it.
But Realman, why don;t you go off and join singletrackworld instead?0 -
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bobpzero wrote:
They don't need fingers to shift gears. Also, one of those levers is the clutch innit ?0 -
That sentence counteracts itself - if one finger is on the clutch, then yes, you need that finger to change gears-Liam- wrote:They don't need fingers to shift gears. Also, one of those levers is the clutch innit ?
but yes, you're quite right, the left hand lever is the clutch, and they change gears with their foot.0 -
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butcher of bakersfield wrote:I was wondering. Perhaps there's a correlation between your longest finger and your braking finger?
My middle finger is far longer than my index finger and I brake with my middle finger.
Many people have a longer index finger...
My middle finger is longest and that's the one I brake with.... :shock:Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away....
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Index fingers, to maximise grip and control.
Comes from my youth of street and magura rim brakes
try back hoping over summat with 2 fingers braking.. just doesn't work easily lol 0 -
I use 2 on MTB's on both front and rear brakes.
I use 4 on motorbikes.
Personal preference for me.Salsa Spearfish 29er
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yeehaamcgee wrote:
That sentence counteracts itself - if one finger is on the clutch, then yes, you need that finger to change gears-Liam- wrote:They don't need fingers to shift gears. Also, one of those levers is the clutch innit ?
but yes, you're quite right, the left hand lever is the clutch, and they change gears with their foot.
a guy at work has just fitted an autoclutch to his KTM mx bike, and he know has two brake levers on the bars and no foot brake, so its like an MTB, freakin awesome it is to 8)0 -
Oh wow, autoclutch on an MX bike would certainly make life easier! I've always struggled at MX because it just feels so similar to mountain biking that I can't get my head into "motorcycle" mode 0
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I have no idea how many fingers or which ones I use. I know I use some, probably 2 but then again I know i am either braking or not.
thought. If your using 1 finger and your arms start to tire surely that must give a lack of control. Once your arm is pumped you lose dexterity, which isnt ideal tearing down a rocky mountain.fly like a mouse, run like a cushion be the small bookcase!0 -
How often do you write "how often" before you run out of things to ask?0
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personaly i use 2, i just prefer it. ocasionaly use 1 when im just coasting and have only got 1 hand on the bars.I like bikes and stuff0
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1 finger on my bikes.
Interestingly my mate has a gixxer stuntbike that has clutch and a secondary rear brake lever on the bars for doing wheelies when in positions where you can't reach the foot brake... He did, somewhat stupidly put the rear brake lever in the place of a standard clutch lever, that messed his head up, until i pointed out that perhaps the other way would be better considering how the clutch is kinda useful and all that whereas the rear brake is only occasionally needed!0 -
To be honest Arm pump i have experienced only when my bike was set up badly.
need to get you levels at the right angle and biting at about the right point then its ot effort for miles!0 -
El Capitano wrote:ilovedirt wrote:Who 1 finger brakes with their middle finger??!!
Sort of, I two finger brake, but with my middle two fingers.
As in middle finger and ring finger?
You weirdo! 0 -
Errrr i kinda use 2 fingers.
Index finger on the rear brake (top) middle finger on the front brake (bottom)
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2 for me. 1 just feels odd, which suggests it's a 25 year old habit.0
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I use 1 finger all the time Specialised Carbon Stumpjumper Pro FSR Brain XTR Groupset Fox RL F120
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El Capitano wrote:ilovedirt wrote:Who 1 finger brakes with their middle finger??!!
Sort of, I two finger brake, but with my middle two fingers.
You absolute freak! Thats point and laugh stuff.
Just the one finger me......index finger...........'The Finger of Justice'0 -
Hope V2s are the only brake I have been able to use 1 finger [Index] braking on. Every other brake it's been 2 finger braking.0
interesting, moto cross riders use middle finger
