Originally Posted by EpicSchwinn

I'm surprised this thread has gone on this long. If you're riding on pavement and it's a fixed gear bike you will be just fine with a front brake. Unless you get something really high performance it will be hard to flip your bike unless you're trying. I have a Tektro dual pivot with koolstop pads and I think I'd still have to throw my weight forward and slam the brakes to get it to flip.