Braking on the hoods

[mcshroom]

I seem to be able to stop well enough on mine

 

[gbs]

This thread prompted me to experiment and I found that

• start from the default positon on the hoods ie the V between thumb and index finger is centred on the hood top
• slip the hand down and around so that the thumb knuckle now rests on the hood top
• this gives better accesss to the end of the lever and hence more leverage

I have not yet tried this in an emergency and I have not attempted to replicate an emergency but certainly this works for me in ordinary circumstances.