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@dancing james
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i have reservations about any bike with only one braking system
i had a brake cable failure on my fixed gear bike a few weeks ago, if i had not had the ability to skid as well i would have piled into the car in front of me.
its about being safe and having a failsafe/backup option, two simulataneous catastrophic failures are less likely than one.