Originally Posted by Re-Cycle
Sarcasam asside, when you skid [if you skid] all your weight is over the front wheel. I think its actually quite important to have a good [matching] front wheel in this case.
...as opposed to a 50mph descent on a road bike front wheel, during which the sporadic application of the front brake could produce only a fraction of the force of tehz' 130 pounds leaning over the handlebars of a fixed wheel bicycle. yep, i get it...