Originally Posted by kemmer

The notion that a fixed gear bike should be brakeless is something that gives the bikes a bad reputation as far as safety is concerned. I've had more than one person say something like "if that's a fixed gear, why does it have a brake?" I'm not trying to start a brake debate, but I hate it when people who ride brakeless act like having a brake makes you inferior, or that a fixed gear with a brake is a violation of some rule.