Originally Posted by max-a-mill
i saw a guy riding brakeless the other day....
THEN HE STARTED COASTING. he coulda had a coaster brake but i sure didn't see it.
scary how much some will do to keep up with style!
to all the brakeless singlespeeders in the world; YOUR IDIOTS!
saw him too the other day. I was riding up walnut toward the bridge and 2 guys turn from 22nd onto walnut in front of me and coast toward 23rd st. The thing was, one guy clearly had no brake levers so i'm like WTF? well to slow at the red light, dude puts his foot on the ground to slow himself but the light turned green and he got to keep going. Now since i negotiate traffic a bit worse than my buddy, i passed them to catch up with him. GUess they thought i was racing them or something because i get to my friend at the 76 turnoff and slow back to normal pace then the brakeless ss dude comes flying past us chugging hard as he can. The second he passes us, he coasts and puts his foot on the ground presumably to come undercontrol to go down the other side of the hill timing that light right. took him literally like 250 ft of dragging his foot to slow down.
whatever, for real thought whats the difference between being an idiot and being hardcore? If it wasn't stupid, it wouldnt be hardcore.