Well there's your problem right there. Any self-respecting fixed gear rider would have his or her keys dangling from a carabiner attached to a beltloop.
Originally Posted by
Elderberry
a friendly fellow who directed me to the keys that had flown out of my pocket in the incident.
But yeah. My front brake is on the left side for my fixed gear and my road bike, for the reasons listed above regarding doing things with my right hand.