Bike porn

u know T M, i can see that, but i can see the other side too. If i didn't ride the bmx i think i'd be a bit of a fiend on a fixed gear, i would be a bit silly and want to have my bike skills dialled and road awareness to a point i could ride safe for myself and others at speed. in saying this i would have to be realistic about the consequences...... i think in london it's outrageous, as in, so many variables and fucking tools; bike riders, car, taxi, truck, bus drivers that it's even more dangerous.

back home i will be brakeless cause hell, it's chilled and roads are a dream, while in london a brake will be on.

The part I didn't mention was that I currently ride brakeless (I'll spare people the resume, but I'll say I feel fairly comfortable with my ability to ride brakeless).

But I also admit there's very little reason not to have a brake at all... no one said you have to use it. And hey, better to have that option on the rare occasion you drop a chain over flintstoning-it.

That and with a brake you can run a way more aggressive gearing... fun!

PS: there are times I take issue with your selections, but take it from another American, the bikes that pass as porn on this site are way classier than most of what you see in the States.

PS #2: Sorry Irish Mick, I missed your initial point entirely... I wasn't being clear but one of the implications of my complaint about the disc-crankbrake was the point you were making... if a person wants a disc brake that bad I'm sure someone will make a fork with a mount (weird on a fixed in my opinion, but whatever). In which case you'd have a discbrake on your fixedgear that's truly effective at doing what it's meant for. I was also being somewhat facetious in my complaint about people's attitude about brakeless fixed riding.