Whats with all the newbies all wanting to ride brakeless?

Object17 [quote]peejay78 "(I've ridden BMX and mountain bikes seriously for over a decade, I know how to control a bike regarding spatial awareness, positioning, etc so it's not like I don't understand how to control a bike)."

er...

it's not rocket science.

I'm not saying it is, however, my point is that many of the people who seem to be buying into the fixie-craze are not cyclists. They're people jumping on a bandwagon and just don't have the confidence that a background in cycling provides.[/quote]

i know what you meant :P

to be fair though, i really really don't think that people 'jumping on the fixie-craze" are riding brakeless. i really don't. i'm not saying the conversation you overheard didn't happen, it clearly did. but i very much doubt if anyone new to fixed gear riding would ride brakeless for more than the time it takes them to either realise it's a fast-track to darwinian oblivion, or actually die a messy, articulated death.

there is the minority, but i have yet to see them. and even brakeless experienced riders can be dangerous. if we're not careful this topic (not this thread per se) will end up as the lgfss equivalent of the C+ RLJ debate, where posters confuse the objective with the subjective on a post by post basis.