whilst i was riding home yesterday i stopped at a crossing and noticed a pretty unique bike pull up beside me. bright pink, stripped down to the bare bones just like a fixed gear. nothing special i thought, there are plenty of single speed bikes here that are designed to look like fixed gear bikes. i then noticed the lack of brakes, finally got a chance to see a real fixed gear bike on the road, never seen one localy before. noticed the young girl riding it was wearing 2 inch platform shoes and no helmet, thougth nothing of it. as she set of onto the crossing a car approached, i was curious to see how she handle stopping but as she stopped pedaling the bike just crused as any noraml bike would. she just went round the car. i then realised that this was just a normal single speed bike but without the brakes. couldn't believe it. i then watched as she climbed up over the bridge and decended at speed back into the flow off traffic, relying on nothing more the blind luck to avoid hitting anyone. crazy.

anyone seen this type of bike before or is she just a nutter with no brakes?!?