Originally Posted by genericbikedude
Why would anyone ever want a rear brake? Do you like wearing out your rear tire unneccesarily fast? My back brake on my geared bike has been broke for 6 months now. I never use it.
THe reason I asked was because I was looking at a track frame, but dont feel im ready to ride brakeless 100% of the time. I figured drilling the fork was a bad idea, so a front brake is out, the only other option I could think of was drilling the seat stay bridge for a rear.