Originally Posted by
seau grateau
Be careful with hills if you haven't ridden fixed before. It's safe if you know what you're doing. Riding with two brakes is highly advisable.
+1
Run a brake. Even benny gold runs a brake on his bike. Be 1 less person that has to be peeled off the back of a muni bus.
There was a rather recent SOL SF story about messenger that turned his life upside down when he couldn't stop in time and plastered his skull on the side of a car at an intersection during the filming of an edit.