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This, so many times, is why I always have at least one brake nowadays when riding fixed
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I usually ride fixed to work, can slow down/stop/do a skid with the legges™ but twice in the last 6 months I've pulled the front brake hard enough to lift the rear wheel off the ground while seated due to pedestrians stepping out between stationary traffic. I'd have hit either or both of them if I was brakeless. Cars to both sides so nowhere to go but straight and only a couple of metres to stop
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@PhilDAS
I usually ride fixed to work, can slow down/stop/do a skid with the legges™ but twice in the last 6 months I've pulled the front brake hard enough to lift the rear wheel off the ground while seated due to pedestrians stepping out between stationary traffic. I'd have hit either or both of them if I was brakeless. Cars to both sides so nowhere to go but straight and only a couple of metres to stop