Advice for beginners

[Trip]

Originally Posted by board

So to sum up most posts...I should practice?

I know a polish guy at work and I overheard him talking to a friend of mine (who is interested in getting his license) and he was saying never use the front brake, only the rear. I could NOT get through to this guy that the front brake does almost all of the stopping done right so he went off talking about all his "experience" riding, apparently he toured Europe in the 70's, all using just his rear brake. The guy knows 6 languages but how the hell he is still alive I'll never know!

front brake is awesome on street, rear brake is awesome on dirt/gravel.