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Originally Posted by milkcratebasket
The gifu keirin riders that I have seen use only a rear brake when they are road training. However they ride on long country roads not city streets.
well, if they're training for track situations, then it would make sense to ride a bike that would be similar to the one actually used at races.
not that it's a good idea or anything, but keirin is obviously full of pea brained individuals who only know one thing, which is to negotiate banked left turns.
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