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Old 02-02-07 | 07:11 AM
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LóFarkas
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It'd be difficult to come up with a serious practical advantage for fixed over ss apart from the ability to brake a bit better on very slippery roads. It is marginally more reliable but ss freewheels sort of work, too. The whole brakeless phenomenon is not a practical thing.

Mostly it's the fun of trackstands and speed modulation with your legs that drives people to fixed I think, plus the brakeless aesthetic.
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