Originally Posted by
FenderTL5
Some municipalities (mine included) have brake requirements for bikes in the law.
12.60.120 Lamps and other required equipment.
B. Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake or brakes which will enable its driver to stop the bicycle
within twenty-five feet from a speed of ten miles per hour on dry, level, clean pavement.
(Ord. 99-1815 § 9, 1999; prior code § 27-1-256)
And since a fixed gear rider can stop from that speed in that distance, the law is satisfied.
OP, where are all the dead victims from these dangerous riders?
It may not be our choice to ride fixed without handbrakes, and it may not be AS safe, but are they really hurting anyone?