Originally Posted by
GriddleCakes
^^^
Silly. No brakes outside of the velodrome = hipster bike.
I would personally install a front brake ('cause chain braking = you're gonna have a scar otherwise). Doesn't mean it's not sexy.
Originally Posted by
Deshi
Oh yeah, im a hipster yo!
I think he complimented you. Wear your hipster badge with pride.
Originally Posted by
Deshi
Thank you. I have since changed up the bike a little in anticipation to my future move to Arizona for the winter. New Fizik bartape and some Conti Ultra Gatorskins. I also removed the TT protector.
On with the nasty indoor cell phone shots.
Still lookin' good. For what it's worth: I've personally had slightly better luck with these than their more popular conty counterparts:
http://bontrager.com/model/00443
I ride on roads with a TON of glass and these have done me right. Anyway, something to try if you care to (conty's have done me right as well... just not quite as right in my experience... haha).
Originally Posted by
GriddleCakes
Didn't say you were a hipster, just said that you ride a hipster bike. Sorry, but the lack of a front brake is nothing more than a fashion statement, a placement of form before function. In other words: silly.
I see plenty of people riding around every day with no brakes and they somehow survive. Main issue with it as far as I can see is: you get in a crash and you're screwed as far as the law is concerned ('cause you have no brakes). It might be silly to you but it also might make sense to some.