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King of pedants is fine with calling fixed gear a brake?
You've changed man.
It is a method of braking but its not an actual brake is it?
Anyway, I looked above our new friend's original post and saw the first few bikes all with front brakes so probably wrongly assumed he was on about adding a rear.Edit: In fact I'd go as far as to say it isn't actually a method of braking but rather decelerating since braking is most often achieved by means of friction
PhilDAS-
It is a method of braking but its not an actual brake is it?
What is a brake? So many different methods are available, using various mechanisms. The most common (friction, fluid viscosity, electric dynamo) ultimately rely on the electromagnetic force, but there are limited applications for using the gravitational force as a brake. Maybe a grand unification theory will make the distinction moot. At the engineering level, the variety is so great that we should probably just accept that if it brakes, it's a brake.
gbj_tester
There's a thin line between clever and stupid. You just crossed it. Since fixed counts as a brake, a bike with fixed plus a front brake has two brakes. Ooh, that's exactly what the law requires, exactly as our sanctimonious no-name commentator says 🙂