On 29/09/14 10:22, John B. Slocomb wrote:


But it is all a tempest in a teapot, isn't it.

Or is there some mechanical, physical or psychological reason for
having a break actuator in any particular place? The bikes that I
first rode the brake actuator built into the pedal system - pedal
forward and the bike went ahead; pedal backward and it stopped.

The "pedal backward and it stopped" for me was more like slowed with a
skid until stopped.

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JS