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Freno sì/Freno nò - Le confessioni di un ciclista pentito

W hen

the spirits are low , when the day appears dark , when work becomes monotonous , when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Credo che questa frase da sola rappresenti in modo mirabile l'essenza del pedalare. Andare in bicicletta, vagabondare, perdersi fino to become one with the medium, the street, the scene that whizzes around.

There is a group of cyclists who declare that to be in harmony with its iron there is only one way, ie back to the origins of the cycle when there were no unnecessary frills like to sprocket ball bearings and brakes.

Codest daring indeed traveling aboard a bicycle on which the propulsion is guaranteed by the direct-drive wheel through

chain and sprocket grafted onto the hub. This system allows the rider to control very accurately the motion and the amount it to be transferred to the rear wheel. For this reason, many are those who find it easier and safer to brake with the rear wheel instead of using the more usual brake lever.

writer but not share the latter feeling. I brought bikes without brakes in the last year and a half and under any circumstances except at very low speed, I

never

really felt comfortable. This is because I was very conscious that I would not be able to effectively curb where I had to stop suddenly (the classic "pinned"). I tried to refine my technique braking exercise a great deal but I did not get remarkable results but ... the first time that I happened to take up a bike with brakes I noticed the difference immediately: I pedaled fast, fluid, relaxed and alert at a time; I was perfect master of the medium and of myself and I could do anything and go anywhere without problems. In short, I was back to being whole with my bike and now finally I was back that I wore around her and not vice versa.

Since then, all my bikes have a fixed sprocket and one or two good brakes because that mode want the bike "fixed" and "brakeless" pass but health, if you know the cure, remains.