Is riding brakeless hard on the back wheel? I don't ride brakeless, but I ride like I'm brakeless, just never use the brake. Anyway, when speed checking on a descent this morning, I broke a spoke which threw the chain, so it was nice to have the brake. Hence my original question. It's a cheap bike, so I'm not too surprised the spoke broke, but I'm wondering if that's more common on fixed gears. Also, instead of just replacing the spoke, I'm tempted to re-lace the rim to a new hub. Any recommendations on a decent budget fixed hub?