Police spotting (junction watch)

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Antidotes in reply to @James.

UK law states that your bicycle must have TWO braking systems. Having a fixed gear drive counts as one, you also then need to have a brake, doesn't matter what wheel it's on etc.

Dickhead single speeders running only a front brake are also breaking the law, but they will probably smash their faces in long before they get a fine.

Very few Police know about the law and you can usually blag it but I picked up a £60 fine for brklz this time last year from a dude that actually knew what he was on about.

Tldr; my commuter has a front brake attached.

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branwen in reply to @Antidotes

Having a fixed gear drive counts as one, you also then need to have a brake, doesn't matter what wheel it's on etc.

INAL, but I'm pretty sure it has to be independent methods of stopping each wheel. Not sure a rear brake and FG count?

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Khornight2 in reply to @branwen

It's independent so if one fails you have the other, both can be too the same wheel because if your wheel fails you'll be stopping pretty sharpish anyway.

Same for all road vehicles and plenty of cars and trikes have both brakes on the same axle.

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