Originally Posted by
dougmc
Perhaps, but isn't this crackdown also happening in Switzerland? Doesn't Switzerland have a few places that aren't quite so flat?
And aren't brakeless fixies popular in places other than Amsterdam and Switzerland?
I suspect that brakeless fixie riders are relatively scarce on the mountains of Switzerland. I also suspect that brakeless fixies are an affect almost exclusively of urban riders, and that those few who ride up and down mountainous terrain do not do it long enough to be a significant presence anywhere.