I have to definitely agree with Mike on this topic.
The what-if's of having anything happen to that single brake lever leave to much to my over active imagination.
If you mount your clutch lever over your front brake lever, you can quickly become accustomed to using your front brake as you pull in your clutch. I instinctively pull my front brake with my first finger or two as my clutch lever gets pulled in...the rear brake I seem to use a lot less but it is still there. If the brakes are adjusted properly you don't need much travel on the lever to get them grabbing on.
With having a MTB with front suspension you can hammer on that front brake pretty quick and hard and still not do any endo's...even at 30-35 mp/h.
Personally, I would never put my trust for both brakes onto one lever...just to many bad things run thru my mind when even thinking about it...scary, lol.
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