Singlespeed with one brake...

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  • Internal cable routing for the win, clearly.

    I would'nt let that evil inside my frame!

  • I would'nt let that evil inside my frame!

    Just try it once, no one has to know.

    First time is free...

  • Just try it once, no one has to know.

    First time is free...

    it's not gay if you don't enjoy it

  • it's not gay if you don't enjoy it

    Oh. I always thought it wasn't gay if you didn't push back...

    ...as you were.

  • Sheldon (RIP) explains why in an emergency stop you don't need to use the rear brake at all, even if you have two... [http://sheldonbrown.com/brakturn.html].

    If you've got a freewheel, you'll need two brakes to stop when it's wet. When it's dry, then front only is ok.

  • If you ride brakeless fixed with foot retention you can control the bike and stop it. If you ride freewheel and your brake fails you have no control over the bike other than sticking your foot on the tyre!

    nah you can drag your feet acrss the floor, schoolkid stylee

  • Oh. I always thought it wasn't gay if you didn't push back...

    Its not gay if the balls don't touch.

  • Sheldon (RIP) explains why in an emergency stop you don't need to use the rear brake at all, even if you have two... [http://sheldonbrown.com/brakturn.html].

    If you've got a freewheel, you'll need two brakes to stop when it's wet. When it's dry, then front only is ok.

    Imagine that the front cable snaps, slips, frays etc - that would be an emergency, no? An emergency where I would be glad (read: still alive afterwards) to have a rear brake.

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Singlespeed with one brake...

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