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@T_M
I love how all you people feign civility when... the second riding brakeless comes up... it turns into "what a bloody git" and all that.
As for Irish Mick: having two mechanical brakes, or one mechanical brake, does not mean you can't stop or slow down with your legs.
I can't speak for Canada. In the US the law varies, where I am technically one is supposed to have a braking device that allows the rider to stop on dry pavement in x # of feet. I have yet to see that law enforced here.
As for riding brakeless, I agree most people should never do it on the street, and the small # of people who are ok doing it, probably shouldn't do it anyway (there's no logical reason not to have, at the very least, a front brake).