Dan Houghton

I have not read all the replies nor will I so if this has been covered, I apologize.
There is almost no reason to ever use a brake at PIR. Almost all your speed control can be done by pedaling force (or lack thereof) and or sitting up or moving laterally to catch more air.
The only time you should need to brake is if someone up the road does something squirrelly. There is certainly no reason to shout "BRAKE" if everyone is awake and looking ahead as they should be. I have sometimes caught myself being "asleep" or "hypnotized" and been jarred awake by sqweely noises only to find I did not know where I was on the course or in the pack. I hate that!
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From: KG
To: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 10:18 AM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Newbie question: "BRAKE!"

At PIR in the Cat 4/5 race about every mile everyone would yell "BRAKE" and some form of chaos would ensue. Is this typical of most races or just new riders not pacing properly? I feathered my brake once when I knew no one was behind me and the guy next to me yelld, "BRAKE".

Of-course eventually there was a wreck from an overlapped wheel so maybe the yell is the lesser of two evils?

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