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¡apesta!
@tracerbullet
Amazing scenes. There is some clown riding around Canonbury on a freewheel single speed with no brakes fitted at all. He appears to stop by turning his front wheel to one side and pressing his toe against the tyre. When I enquired as to whether he did in fact have no brakes, because I could not believe it, he looked all pleased with himself like a joyful spaniel.
The second worst thing is that he had enough grey hairs on his head to know better, or maybe that was a reflection of how incredibly stressful constantly riding on the verge of killing someone or yourself must be.
The first worst thing is that there was no hole drilled in the frame for a back brake and it didn't have a flip flop hub so someone has gone to some lengths to alter this bike's set up to Death Trap.
My mind. It boggles.
TL:DR Idiots abound.