'1 finger brakes'

[mangocrazy]

So much stuff like this is done on kind of auto-pilot, it's important to get everything set up to feel natural and automatic.

Automatic typically being what you practice, ie do every day, every ride, every 'normal' braking action.

To then, in an emergency, something different will need you to do something different. That thought, that decision, could delay 'emergency' braking.

I regard catering for an emergency as 'automatic'. You can't have one 'mode' for normal and another 'mode' for emergency, your normal riding mode has to encompass all extremes of reaction that you are likely to face. I've been riding motorbikes for well over 50 years and the only time I was caught out on the brakes was in my second year of riding when a dog ran out in front of me and I overreacted, locked the front wheel and went down.

Riding on cold TLS drum brakes that had just been serviced by Joe Dunphy may have been a contributory factor...

[Noggin]

I I 'think' I've always used two or three fingers, but mostly because it's really hard to set up the levers for small hands and very short fingers!!! So I use my index and middle finger mostly, but possible third finger as well

Weirdly, for the first time ever, I found myself using one finger on the CBF Maybe I'm just riding like a grannie right now. But I do keep the index finger covering the brake lever as well just in case I need it!! LOL

[Tricky]

I use six.

[KungFooBob]

I use six.

Are you from the Fens?

[Tricky]

Of course not silly- I'd only be able to use a maximum of two if I was

[Horse]

I use six.

Well that's Nor folk in use for most people.