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Overheard a few normal looking folks in a shop this weekend discussing the Langster and talking about how they thought it was so cool that you didn't need brakes. But in that scary, confident, matter-of-fact tone that the fixed wheel naturally and easily confers all the braking power you need.
And this is no means an isolated incident. Read/heard a lot recently from people looking at their first fixed bike and making similar claims that no brakes are needed. Even my sister's husband stated that he thought it was cool that you didn't need a brake and is looking into getting one.
Its all starting to make me very nervous.... there seems to be a reality distortion field settling over track/fixed culture.
And while I know people will learn soon enough that they just don't have the chops or the laugh-in-the-face-of-death attitude needed for brakeless riding, the fact that its almost becoming pervasive 'fact' is causing me a little anxiety.
Thats all, you may go about yer business now... its probably just me being over-sensitive and hyper-aware about this issue that makes it seem like suddenly `everyone' wants to do it.