When I was growing up my BMX bike only had rear breaks. I think it is a BMX thing. I also had a Dyno GT on which if you used only the front break you would endo like crazy.

you don't have to have a front brake for a park/street/bmx bike... partly because of bar spins, partly so you don't bend a front disc rotor..

or you could be like the animal riders and ride brakeless... sooo scary.

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2005...neWeaver_2.htm

that was/is a mountain bike frame. With a Crack-and-fail fork. But it works
P.S. My buddy totally used to have one of those gt's. He destroyed it. It was rad.

That fork setup with all the spacers scares the living crap out of me.

yeah. jeez. though it illustrates a good point, in order to get the mtb frame right you may have to get a really long fork.

well the c-dale headshock design really does require extra effort to get it to work right. but with a regular mtb with 71/73 geometry and a 3" travel non-headshock fork then you end up lowering the front end about 3" with a regular MTB fixed fork and a little less with a road fork steepening it to maybe 73-74 deg. head angle (not insane) and 75-76 deg seat angle (kind of steep). depending of course on the bike you start with.