Originally Posted by Expatriate
Best thread in a long time. I'm wondering why you didn't just unbolt your brakes or breaks instead of cutting them off.
If he has SS-mounted brakes, it's probably for weight and appearance; if he has CS-mounts it's because (in addition to the aforementioned reasons) if you do rollbacks, your pantleg will get caught on the mount, and tear them to shreads and/or flip you onto your back.