Back in the day it was pretty common Kurt. The glove had a really thick chunk of shoe leather riveted and stitched to the palm of the glove (only need one).
Personally I find the less manly way works fine for me... a common mechanical hand brake in place of the common hand.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California United States of America http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)
Kurt Sperry wrote:
> OK, that should work fine if you are one of the handful of people
> in the
> World who can do it effectively!
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham WA
> USA
>
>
> On 12/7/06, Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> Guys and Gals, remember that Ted's method of stopping a track bike is
>>
>> not skidding the rear wheel (pretty ineffective). His method is OG
>> Old Skool where he presses down on the front tire with his gloved
>> hand with the shoe leather on the palm and his arm wedged against the
>>
>> back of the handlebar.
>>
>> Class is in session!