Originally Posted by MIN
Maybe I should have quoted 90% of the responses to this thread where the topic of discussion was the (lack of) stopping power in brakeless fixed gear bikes (on platforms.)
BTW, I have no interest in the bike you might have or whether or not you run brakes. Natural selection will take its course, as far as I am concerned. I just want to set the misinformation straight.
Nowhere in this thread has anyone said that it's possible to stop faster on a brakeless bike than on a bike with a front brake. People are questioning whether it's safe to ride a fixed gear (especially a brakeless one) with platform pedals. An obvious statement about the relative stopping power of front and back brakes cut-and-pasted from another thread has nothing to do with whether platform pedals on a fixed gear are a good idea.