brakeless

brakeless helps me cause I cant bitch out of things as easy.

I was kinda forced to ride break-less, due to being a broke ass biatch. I can't talk much about trails, but I would like to think it gave me better bike control. Like manuals for instance, I couldn't use the break to drop the front end, so I had to use my body instead. I got some money now, so I was thinking of getting some odyssey evo2's soon.

To me it feels a lot squirrelier. I am less likely to go fast at first, and am a lot more careful with certain things. Once I am comfy it's all good. For trails, you gotta be pretty comfortable brakeless I think. For the overshooting etc, you learn to pump to adjust speed as needed.

Awwwwww poor baby biggybuggy wants to go brakeless but he never try it before he must be scared to go brakeless. Man up just do it.

acedog890 wrote:

Awwwwww poor baby biggybuggy wants to go brakeless but he never try it before he must be scared to go brakeless. Man up just ...more

acedog890 wrote:

Awwwwww poor baby biggybuggy wants to go brakeless but he never try it before he must be scared to go brakeless. Man up just do it.

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Aren't you the kid who is obsessed with playing "house" on the Sims?

dave lawrence wrote:

To me it feels a lot squirrelier. I am less likely to go fast at first, and am a lot more careful with certain things. Once I ...more

dave lawrence wrote:

To me it feels a lot squirrelier. I am less likely to go fast at first, and am a lot more careful with certain things. Once I am comfy it's all good. For trails, you gotta be pretty comfortable brakeless I think. For the overshooting etc, you learn to pump to adjust speed as needed.

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dave lawrence wrote:

Aren't you the kid who is obsessed with playing "house" on the Sims?

dave lawrence wrote:

Aren't you the kid who is obsessed with playing "house" on the Sims?

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He's also a troll and thinks changing his location to mine (when it was previously Kansas) is trolling.







To the original post.. I liked brakes when I first started, so much that I was the last of my group of friends to take them off only because my cable eventually snapped. When they were off, I found I bitched out of rails less since I either had to commit or eat shit trying to stop myself in time haha.


I put them back on a few months ago for a few weeks and I would still ride them but they're just not my style for one. I like doing abubacas and fufanus, fufanus to feebles are super fun too.. But it's just not my preference. Plus they make barspins a pain in the ass for me and doing barspin to fakie and accidentally squeezing your brake lever when catching them is never fun.

Also, call me a bitch, but I don't want my painted rim to get all fucked up either. I like how my bike looks haha but that's not the prime reason I don't ride brakes though.

You need more space to stop after a trick thats for sure. Also I find myself less comfortable crusing with cars around. For trails its more tricky when you take curves and big turn

You'll be less confident and you'll probably go slower and be less likely to do things at certain setups. Limiting yourself isn't fun. Learn to setup brakes, it isn't hard, and learn to ride with them, it isn't hard, either, and opens up a lot more.

I had to go brakeless because the current frame I have had the brakemounts grinded off...so yea.

From what I know, you ride trails a lot so I would recommend brakes.

I don't like trails that much and I think it's because I am brakeless and when you're brakeless, it seems to me that before you go down the roller or pedal towards the first jump you say to yourself, "I hope this is enough speed." And then you go.

if you want to ride brakeless then just don't use them, or disconnect the straddle cable

i dont anymore and i think i might put some back on soon
its less work and easier to change a tire, but brakes are really nice, even on street

After riding for about four years, here's where I stand about brakes.

If you're a beginner, or have only been riding for a year, you should really keep them on. Don't rush to go brakeless because most likely one day, you'll end up brakeless. And besides, brakes are FUN. When you don't have em, you really take those fun brake tricks for granted.

I had a straight cable, then a gyro, then went brakeless for a minute, then back to a gyro, and now for the past year I have been brakeless. I got frustrated with working on them that I took them off. Plus I cracked a frame on the mount before, so I decided to go brakeless for the next frame.
And I gotta say, I love it and don't see myself putting brakes back on anytime soon, still after a year. I think bikes look more dope without the extra hardware. Also, the feel! There's nothing like riding a bike with no Damn lever in your way, just the feel of the bike is sweet it's kinda hard to explain.
I love doing bars without brakes, they feel so smooth for real.
Going brakeless also changed my riding for the better. I got more smooth by not feathering the brakes, my riding got faster, and more aggressive, my confidence was raised knowing I could huck some pretty big shit without using brakes, and I committed to a lot more of tricks more quickly.

It may feel weird and a little scary at first, but after a while you really adapt to being brakeless. I totally respect both styles, it's just a personal preference . Hope that helped man

Xxohioanxx wrote:

You'll be less confident and you'll probably go slower and be less likely to do things at certain setups. Limiting yourself ...more

Xxohioanxx wrote:

You'll be less confident and you'll probably go slower and be less likely to do things at certain setups. Limiting yourself isn't fun. Learn to setup brakes, it isn't hard, and learn to ride with them, it isn't hard, either, and opens up a lot more.

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I'm actually good at setting them up. They're perfect right now. I was considering brakeless because 1. I'm getting bored and 2. The frame I want turns out to have to brake mounts at all. I'd disconnect them right now, but setting them up is a bitch seeing as my cable got all jacked up.

acedog890 wrote:

Awwwwww poor baby biggybuggy wants to go brakeless but he never try it before he must be scared to go brakeless. Man up just ...more

acedog890 wrote:

Awwwwww poor baby biggybuggy wants to go brakeless but he never try it before he must be scared to go brakeless. Man up just do it.

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Where's your bike? Do you even ride? Or do you spend your entire day setting up gay fantasies on your computer? I heard bleach goes well with doritos.

dave lawrence wrote:

To me it feels a lot squirrelier. I am less likely to go fast at first, and am a lot more careful with certain things. Once I ...more

dave lawrence wrote:

To me it feels a lot squirrelier. I am less likely to go fast at first, and am a lot more careful with certain things. Once I am comfy it's all good. For trails, you gotta be pretty comfortable brakeless I think. For the overshooting etc, you learn to pump to adjust speed as needed.

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this. i just feel like i got more control with brakes

im less apt to haul ass at stuff i try shit that im not positive about... i guess im more comfortable with brakes.

but idk. i used to just ride brakeless when my cable snapped when i was a youngin. but my shits fucked up so im more weary now

Brakes are fine, nice when hills are apparent. But i mainly prefer the feeling of barspins without brakes. I don't like catching lever ever. I love brake tricks. And the way I see it, if they help, i want them for that. But otherwise I couldn't care less really.

Brakes are fun

Brakeless is fun for me, I've never been a fan of brakes, even as a little kid before it was "cool". fun to go fast and it makes me commit to whatever i'm doing.