Was pedaling backwards to brake a thing for you?
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Was pedaling backwards to brake a thing for you? Don't know if all bikes could do that, but it was the main way I braked as a kid.
Some bikes have coaster breaks, but on a fixie if you manage to pedal backwards the bike will simply go backwards and it's hard to keep your balance doing that although I've seen it done.
Some people could weave going back and forth to avoid stepping off.
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Some bikes have coaster breaks, but on a fixie if you manage to pedal backwards the bike will simply go backwards and it's hard to keep your balance doing that although I've seen it done.
Some people could weave going back and forth to avoid stepping off.
@futurebird @aftd.dev not sure if this is a shitpost or serious... because in my childhood we used to use ancient Soviet bikes (way older than I am), and they all had regular brakes activated by a handle installed on handlebars (and one of the first things everybody had to remember was that you never only brake the front wheel unless you want to fly), plus on the foldable woman's bike you could also brake by pedaling backwards (like a quarter turn to block the wheel). On all the other bikes, pedaling backwards didn't do anything, definitely not rotating the wheel backwards; there was some kind of ratchet that ensured that you can only rotate the wheel forwards by pedaling.
That's at least three different models I can now remember about. The foldable one was the model from 1970s; another adult one, the model produced from early 1960s to early 1980s; cannot find information on the third one. -
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@futurebird @aftd.dev not sure if this is a shitpost or serious... because in my childhood we used to use ancient Soviet bikes (way older than I am), and they all had regular brakes activated by a handle installed on handlebars (and one of the first things everybody had to remember was that you never only brake the front wheel unless you want to fly), plus on the foldable woman's bike you could also brake by pedaling backwards (like a quarter turn to block the wheel). On all the other bikes, pedaling backwards didn't do anything, definitely not rotating the wheel backwards; there was some kind of ratchet that ensured that you can only rotate the wheel forwards by pedaling.
That's at least three different models I can now remember about. The foldable one was the model from 1970s; another adult one, the model produced from early 1960s to early 1980s; cannot find information on the third one.Yeah, those are all kinds of bikes, but none of that describes a fixie. I'm being a little silly on this post, but the bit about going backwards is just how my bike works.
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@futurebird @aftd.dev not sure if this is a shitpost or serious... because in my childhood we used to use ancient Soviet bikes (way older than I am), and they all had regular brakes activated by a handle installed on handlebars (and one of the first things everybody had to remember was that you never only brake the front wheel unless you want to fly), plus on the foldable woman's bike you could also brake by pedaling backwards (like a quarter turn to block the wheel). On all the other bikes, pedaling backwards didn't do anything, definitely not rotating the wheel backwards; there was some kind of ratchet that ensured that you can only rotate the wheel forwards by pedaling.
That's at least three different models I can now remember about. The foldable one was the model from 1970s; another adult one, the model produced from early 1960s to early 1980s; cannot find information on the third one.Oh and you can only go in a straight line when pedaling backwards since steering from the back is kind of impossible. It's a trick move.
