The Ultimate Brakeless/Front/Rear/How many brakes? thread

Do you really think the "ted shred" is a feasible emergency stopping option? I reckon if I was left with no brake/broken chain, I'd be crashing into something.

Yep, done it myself, whilst brakless my chain came off going down clapham hill, luckily I was in the bus lane with no major traffic around me, foot on back wheel. Stopped no problem. Had I been going down a larger hill and it happened while a car turned across my path though, the result wouldn't have been the same.

It was my polo bike (brakless because i smashed the brake the night before at polo) which now has two friction brakes as well as the drivetrain.

As scott says though chains are a lot less likely to break than other brakes, as long as you aren't a mechanical numpty... like me!