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@cornelius_blackfoot
sparky,
the writer of the article is your friend, and in your opinion good people, but that doesn't stop the article/survey being a poorly written piece designed to provoke a visceral response, from those that know about fixed gear and those that just don't like cyclists in general. People here are responding to the tone of the piece and venting as they would on any article which basically says what your doing is wrong and shouldn't be allowed. the title of your post and the survey is should fixed gear bikes be allowed on the road, wouldn't it have made more sense to say is riding brakeless a good idea?
I don't know how often you visit the forum sparky, but the whole brake/brakeless, red light jumping, helmet/no helmet debate, just descends into anarchy and vitriol and people entrenched in their positions, maybe as lloyd's friend you might have been better served to say that this survey will just cause grief and maybe it should be phrased in another less volatile way. Most people who do ride fixed have a front brake and the irritation comes from those who are ill informed about this and then propagate the fallacy that every fixed rider is riding brakeless out into the internet ether.
If people want to ride brakeless, thats their choice, as long as they don't take me and mine out because they haven't the experience to control their machine. Thats their decision, personally I don't but I don't villify those that do, as this survey sets out to.