You have to be careful with a front brake on a true track bike. That short wheelbase will toss you over the bars in an instant if you hard brake and my bike does not even have a rear brake boss. My wife lost the pedals on her track bike on a really steep hill no brakes. I uncliped one pedal in a sprint and that is also exciting, the other foot keeps going. Oh, and the toe overlap I have trapped my foot on the wrong side of the front wheel but all said I just love fixed.