Originally Posted by
dueL_
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.
We know who we are & why we do it.
I imagine the false sense of security a person must have going faster than they would without a brake, only to squeeze their front brake in a panic moment & fly over the handlebars or lock up the front wheel & skid face first into the ground. To answer my own question, this is what I think. I would never ride any bike with only a front brake for that very reason.