Originally Posted by
iamtim
(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.)
Sure, it's accepted....look at how many people do it. I can't speak for other areas...just my own, but read my last post re: riding styles. Too many people ride fixed brake-focused even though their handbrake won't stop their bike as it would on a road bike.
Bike riding on any bike is dangerous, but assuming that riding fixed with a handbrake is ALWAYS less dangerous is wrong.
This forum has always passed off brakeless riders as clueless, unintelligent and illogical or just plain "hipsters" without ever asking why some of us will never use a handbrake on their track/fixed bikes.