View Poll Results: Do you ride brakeless?
yes
182
39.48%
no
279
60.52%
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Do you ride brakeless?
10-25-08, 06:46 PM
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Are you really so weak willed that you need a pole to bolster your decision to ride brakeless?
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
10-25-08, 07:11 PM
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my bike came with brakes, I kept em on. I don't use them ever though.
10-25-08, 07:12 PM
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I was stopped by the scene police while riding with brakes on my fixie. They threatened to strip my cog while I slept. Ever since then, I've gone brakeless...
10-25-08, 07:19 PM
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10-25-08, 07:21 PM
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10-25-08, 07:46 PM
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when i first rode fixed like 5 years ago i did for like a week.
10-25-08, 11:12 PM
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i ride with a front... just incase i win the door prize... it's the same theory as having a "hard hat"... i'd rather have one and not need it, then need it and not have one
10-26-08, 12:43 AM
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there is a never ending argument with this question. it all comes down to track bikes are not meant for the street. therefore no need for brakes, because they are meant for velodrome use. the point of having a fixed gear is for simplicity. i used a front brake for the first week, learning how to go down hills, and go fast. now i dont use brakes, and i go faster than my friends on road bikes.
but really, its just a choice that only should matter to yourself. who cares if you have a brake or not. its your bike.
but really, its just a choice that only should matter to yourself. who cares if you have a brake or not. its your bike.
10-26-08, 12:53 AM
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there is a never ending argument with this question. it all comes down to track bikes are not meant for the street. therefore no need for brakes, because they are meant for velodrome use. the point of having a fixed gear is for simplicity. i used a front brake for the first week, learning how to go down hills, and go fast. now i dont use brakes, and i go faster than my friends on road bikes.
but really, its just a choice that only should matter to yourself. who cares if you have a brake or not. its your bike.
but really, its just a choice that only should matter to yourself. who cares if you have a brake or not. its your bike.
the point of this thread wasn't for the sake of argument...
it's just to document what percentage rides brakeless or not...