Originally Posted by
StayGold
Yet, people still do it. I'm assuming you don't live in SF. If you did live here, you would see that the whole city is littered with fixies, all the way from Market St to SFSU. Most of the fixies that I have seen don't even have brakes on them.
If there's no shortage of FG in your area you should find a better quality one used. Keep the brake on while learning to ride and decide later if you want to take it off. Better to be safe than sorry.