Originally Posted by hiredgoons
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.
And where would this concern for safety stem from? The fact that you can't stop without brakes? That's my point.