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@matt_r_p
Is it really so dangerous to ride fixed/front brake without clips/straps? I did it for about three months when I first went fixed. Never had a single problem. Ok, my feet came off the pedals twice in the first two weeks (once under Hyde Park Corner underpass, memorably) but it was easy enough to slow down with the brake and get my feet back on.
Like someone above says, learning to ride fixed and learned to ride strapped in would have been too much of a headfuck for me.
One or two forumengers at the time politely enquired how I was stopping (happily they didn't bite my head off), but it's pretty straightforward to resist the pedals / back pedal, as opposed to pulling up on the straps (although the latter is more effective). Arguably it's a bit more natural too.
Notwithstanding all that, I now ride strapped in and much prefer it. I do wonder whenever someone on here expresses outrage about people riding without any foot retention whether it's because they learned to stop by pulling up not backpedalling...
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