Originally Posted by
fuzz2050
The other reason to have a rear brake, if you're using drop handlebars, you can have hoods. The real reason I have a rear brake on my fixed gear is for the hand position the brake lever offers.
lol you don't need a brake to run a hood.
Reminds me of a friend whose mother named her "Margaret" because she liked the name "Peggy" and wanted to call her daughter that. For some reason she didn't know she could just name her "Peggy."