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My geared bike has left front brake and I've been fine with it so far but still have this fear at the back of my mind of problems in the event of an emergency stop, particularly in the wet, although based on my one recent emergency stop on my previous geared bike I pulled both levers as hard as I could and did lock up the rear. It was a moment of panic with the option being hitting an oncoming right turning car at 15 - 20 mph.