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.
agreed. at the november critical mass in sf, when we got to the famous winding part of lombard street, a group of brakeless riders gave me the evil eye just before I went down using my brake. though immediately after, they picked up their bikes and took the stairs...
