Originally Posted by s2sxiii
2Rodies --
If you're gonna run a freewheel on the back of that pista, use front AND back brakes. You won't be able to resist and slow the rear wheel with a freewheel on. If you're gonna be towing a burley, i'd use front and back brakes even with a fixed gear on the back.
Suprised no one had said this already. Ride safe.
Thanks you are probably right. I'd only seen front brakes on the track/fixies around here so I assumed that would be enough. But then again they weren't towing a hundred extra pounds!