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@CrazyJames
I rode brakeless bmx for around 10 years and only ever had one crash on the roads, rode in central London a lot as well as around where I lived, and my one and only crash was more down to my own stupidity than anything, I thought it'd be fun to hop onto the pavement and bunnyhop over a few of these small walls on peoples driveways......I didn't allow for someone reversing out of one of these driveways at speed as I was on the pavement part....that hurt a little bit.
Have had 2 chains snap on my fixed as well, and had to resort to some footjamming action, no dramas, bizarrely both chains snapped in the middle of bridges, whilst going downhill, what are the odds eh! One snapped on London Bridge, and one on Tower bridge lol.