Foffa Bikes

why are they all fixed and have rear brake, or am i missing something?

I friend hurt himself riding into a pothole recently and every time he goes back to hospital to have his cast looked at there are people there who have been f@!cked up on bikes. The one today was some guy who had bought a fix with a rear brake and no foot restraint, skidded using the brake then let go, the pedals started turning and broke both his shins

Just because its fixed doesn't mean you cant have two brakes.

And the guy in hospital sounds like another poor soul who has taken up riding fixed without prior research or it was just a silly mistake.