One of my thrift shop bikes came with safety levers. As long as you adjust the brakes closely, they do a decent job at stopping. When I'm going faster than their capabilities, I will normally be on the drops, and just a short reach forward to the 'regular' levers. I no longer have that bike, but I thought that they weren't anywhere near as bad as they are hyped. Jeff -- Jeff Widman Reputable Part Time Dealer in Error/Variety Coins Member ANA, CONECA, NCADD, BCC, WINS, Coinmasters, Error World
> For the worst list,
>
> I can't think of many as bad as the Shimano Biopace chainrings.... but
this
> is only from my own knee-wrecking experience with them.
>
> Did anybody out there like them? Maybe I missed something!
>
> Also, how about the extra brake levers running horizontal to the bars- the
> convenient ones designed to keep hands on the bars at all times. I
"loved"
> the feeling of gliding along at speed with those suckers clamped all the
way
> shut! Never had any on MY bikes......
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>
> Jim "Viking Caretaker" Wittstruck
> Lakeville, MN