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This covers emergency stopping well, but in regular conditions I'd modify it a bit.

It's easy to overuse the front brake because it has so much stopping power. The outcome of that is you'll chew through your front pads and rims much more quickly than your rear.

When approaching a stop, start lightly applying the rear brake -first- to bleed off initial speed, -then- apply the front. Your pads will last a lot longer, and they'll all wear evenly.

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I tend to brake with both if I'm not stopping urgently.

It's not a big deal; brake pads are cheap and easy to change, lots of bikes are disc these days and pads/rotors are easy to change. Good rims take a long time to wear in regular conditions and most aren't that expensive anyway. What really wears rims fast is wet sand/dirt

> The outcome of that is you'll chew through your front pads and rims much more quickly than your rear.

Most contemporary bikes have disc brakes (breaking won't chew on your rim) and wearing through the front pads faster than the rear pads can't really be considered to be a problem, can it?

I think 75-85% of the bikes I see around here (UK) still have rim brakes not discs. They're cheaper.

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