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@tilover
it's funny reading peoples post saying it's ok as long as your brakes don't fail. that's the whole point! it's not ok!
i can say from first hand experience how any kind of failure on traffic filled roads is scary as shit, why run the risk? its not inconvenient to have 2 brakes in anyway...
i used to run one brake on my bmx and even ride on my mates freewheel brakeless bmxs, but bmx's dont quite gather speed on 20" wheels like a 700c road bike, you can be up to 20mph with almost no effort on the vaguest of hills and i hate the thought of losing teeth on the tarmac because 1 brake lever looked better than 2, i worry about all these new fixie kids jumping on brakeless bike and one brake singlespeeds and breaking their faces or even losing their lives.
god i am getting old. maybe i should write to the daily mail
re. velo libre - touche - i just wasn't sure there was a post already so made a specific one to this persons setup.