Originally Posted by
ECDkeys
Oh, and to the poster who finds brakeless riders over 30 a rarity: I didn't start riding fixed until I was 41; brakeless a few months later. I feel safer amongst older brakeless fixed gear riders, since we tend to feel our mortality more and have a greater respect for it, and we don't try reckless stunts to earn street cred.
On the street brakeless for the first time when I was 19. Now at 36, still brakeless. It's all in how you ride...back then and the same now. It's about control and knowing when to slow your cadence when you need to and not just spinning balls out.
Maybe I'm old or maybe I missed the revolution, but when did people start putting brakes on track bikes?