Originally Posted by
geomiko
I see a lot of that with the teenage fixie riders in my city. Some swear by it. My LBS refuses to service brakeless bikes with no retention.
My LBS won't even service fixed gears with no brakes even if they have foot retention. They will only service bikes with two functional brakes (fixed wheel is not a functional brake in their eyes). Their only exception is track specific frames with no place to mount brakes, in which they will assume that the rider has experience riding brakeless if they have that kind of specific frame.