Originally Posted by
squirtdad
I think there is huge brake/age/ correlation. The majority (85% at a guess) of fixies I see (primarily hipsters and teenagers) locally have no brakes. (my son has gotten over his "this is uncool dad" phase of my requirement that he have front brake on his fixes...especailly after seeiing friends eat it).
I see more brake on fixies that are ridden by those over 30 or so. This is ignoring what my kid calls fauxies......those with coaster brakes.
I based my statement saying "most" on the same I observe everyday in the streets of SF that has its good share of SS/FG riders.....
It's not a problem , as long as the brakeless ones can handle all the stopping situations one might encounter in the city,
But in SF in particular, I don't think it's such a good Idea going brakeless as traffic here is now so dangerous with so many cluless nutzoid drivers out there that I encounter everyday I commute to work. So bad that I pretty much gave up commuting on my bicycle and motorcycle to my job in the city last year and indefinitely....
Now that driver's education is gone from all our schools, I bet that it's just going to get worse every year....