Originally Posted by
mihlbach
I never accused you of saying that. I'm just telling you why brakeless is not as popular as it was. Maybe Altanta is behind a bit on things. BTW, riding brakeless is fine if your into that sort of thing, but having the skill to ride brakeless does not mean that you always should. I have the skill to ride a wheelie forever. Should I remove the front wheels from my bikes?
Riding a wheelie forever isn't really the same as riding brakeless forever. Obviously. Also, when I was living in SF, the whole brakeless thing was, if anything MORE popular than it is, was, or probably ever will be, in Atlanta. If anything, I think the number of people riding brakeless is less than I've seen in Boston, NYC, SF, and even my hometown in Lexington, KY. Does that (the fact that we have a fewer number of brakeless riders) mean we are behind the times? Maybe. But that we in Atlanta somehow have more brakeless riders (we don't) isn't what puts us behind the times, trust me.