Sorry Bent, I have to deal with idiots all day and you caught me at the wrong mo
Braking in the dry on a clean smooth surface
Worst Best
MTB/ silly knobblies, Road bike , Hybrid-MTB , Recumbent, Trike
I don’t have a road bike, but I’m thinking about getting one as I’m going to do a long ride hopefully this summer, I’m not anti Road / etc and I accept that all bikes are different.
In a recent MTB ride those rider who had both, felt that the MTB on the road would stop first. (With certain provisos)
I hope he doesn’t mind, coming from a CAT 1 and national MTB racer: He approximately said “Generally road bikes are built for speed, not stopping, any braking that needs to be done is to control the bike either whilst descending or on cornering.
MTB are now built primarily to go downhill, yes they’ve got to be able to climb, but it’s going downhill that the fun is had, you’re on the brakes a lot and the handling has to cope with bridal paths and single track.”