Originally Posted by
bigbris1
Tim, please quote the post where you were disrespected.
Oh, I wasn't *personally* disrespected even though my tone seems to imply as such. But I was speaking to these specific comments:
Originally Posted by bigbris1
It's just it seems like they're either too scared to be riding fixed gear, or too lazy.
Originally Posted by dueL
2) Handbrakes don't belong on track bikes...even if the track bike is being ridden on the street.
(Which is actually kinda silly in and of itself considering that track bikes don't belong on the street anyway; they belong on the track. If riding a track bike on the street is accepted, why isn't slapping a brake on a track bike accepted? But I digress.)
Originally Posted by IllSpecialist
Not hating on brakes but if you wanna ride fixed then you should KNOW how to control your bike no matter what the situation.
Again, I wasn't *personally* disrespected. However, I choose to run with a brake on a track bike (well, it's a Kilo TT; I'm perfectly fine admitting it's not a track bike and saying it's a bike with track ends and track-ish geometry), I am neither too scared nor too lazy to run without it, and I know how to control my bike very well, thank you for asking.