Originally Posted by
Flatulentfox
this is terrible advice. read anything about braking from any reliable source and you will see that virtually all braking power comes from the front brake.
That may be so, but wouldn't it make sense to apply stopping power to the rear wheel that is being powered vs the front wheel that is not? I run a front brake on both of mine, but have run a rear on a fixed gear before and I liked how smoothly it stopped. You get a lot less stopping power though.