Barry - are the trikes designed with two front brakes as a legal requirement, or because more power is required in general?
Hiya Greenmeansgo, my understanding is, it's a legal requirment for any mode of transport on our roads, that they have two INDEPENDANT brakes, so if one fails, you always have a back up.
To a normal cyclist, all the braking on the front may look strange, dangerous even but they work pretty much the same, there isn't a great deal of difference. At least in practice, the whole triking experience is so much more different to normal cycling, that you don't really notice the small difference in the way they brake.
I like riding to the West of Harrogate into the Dales and finding hilly, quite, country lanes that don't really go anywhere, other than up and down, connecting tiny little villages and farms. I’m a bit of an adrenaline junkie and have quite an aggressive riding style. I like to career around at speed pushing the limits of control, which necessarily means there are moments when I am completely out of control. Most rides out at some point, I end up giving myself a bit of a scare. Along with the exercise, the fresh air, the views, the nature and the quietness of the countryside, I enjoy and want that heart in your mouth, A hole puckering sensation, when you think you might have just killed yourself. And for this type of riding, the original brake set up, couldn't deliver me the kind of stopping power I needed, hence the conversion to Mini Vs.