get used to this sort of noise. smash a brake on just to keep plod / busy body arseholes off your case. sucks but it's less faff than having to put up with that sort of shit on a regular basis.
The police should spend more time on things like broken indicators, speeding, roadworthness, dropping cigarette butts all over the place, and generally being a nob - because stopping these things would actually make London nicer to live in.
you're not wrong, but errant fixie lordz are now firmly in plod's sights. i wouldn't put it past them to start confiscating bikes they deem unlawful. brakes are cheap. just do it and seethe quietly. it's the english way.
get used to this sort of noise. smash a brake on just to keep plod / busy body arseholes off your case. sucks but it's less faff than having to put up with that sort of shit on a regular basis.