Originally Posted by dutret
Also as a side note here you need to run two brakes on it if you plan on ever taking it off road. To do otherwise makes you a piece of **** deserving of severe beating from anyone else who passes you on the trails. Even with brakes unless you are a very talented MTBer and know the trails you plan on riding on like the back of your hand already please just stick to ss.
A bit harsh no?
I love my front brake. Never ridden off road with a rear, and the other fixed gear mtn biker I rode with yesterday never has either; most of the trails out here are new for me too...I guess I'm deseving of your beating...please catch me on the trails first.
Back in MN I remember during a seriers of ice races that took riders out on to a lake, into the woods, and back again there were a brakeless fixed rider. He also did not know the trail since it was made that morning. Definitey fun to watch him rail. In fact I might have a picture somewhere.