Front brake vs back

I actually reduced my bottom bracket gearing. I went down from the stock 44t to 28t. It helps a lot with braking. It also helps that I have a heavy duty rear wheel with a Shimano clone hub, and I service it regularly. But I agree with you, kc. Never any excuse not to have two brakes on a mb.
 
craigbett said:
I basically need to get rid of one of the levers (and can't do the double brake lever). Which one should I take out? Front or back. I;m putting a 66cc motor on it.

Here is a pic of the bike: (don't know if it maters)
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My vote goes to keeping both brakes. One thing I noticed in your picture is that your rims are painted. From my experience, painted rims will hamper the brake's stopping power and the pads will wear out very quickly. I highly recommend removing the paint from the braking surface.
 
abikerider said:
My vote goes to keeping both brakes. One thing I noticed in your picture is that your rims are painted. From my experience, painted rims will hamper the brake's stopping power and the pads will wear out very quickly. I highly recommend removing the paint from the braking surface.
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That explains why my pads wore out so fast on my front rim, but not my back. Front was painted, back wasn't. Good thing I got a front drum and rear coaster though. Both rims are now painted black.
 
So for quite a while I was only able to run a rear myself...kept snapping bolts that hold the front brake onto the forks...but as of yesterday I figured out the reason...my front tire had a wobble...and with the brakes engaged it would shimmy and snap...i tightened the bearing retainer bolts and voila no more wobble and a successful front clamp brake...what a huge difference...my stopping power has greatly been improved and with a little adjustment I found the sweet spot
 
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