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@Sammy
I don't understand all the critics of brakeless riders, you talk about your chain snapping. when a brake cable snaps on a Front brake only singlespeeders bike, you stay upright and take some sort ofavasive action. (the main reason i don't like ss front brakers is most of the people i see riding them are shit at cycling)
If your correctly maintained chain snaps, you fall off, fact. In fact, you eat the road before you even know its happened. If your putting enough force in to snap a correctly maintained chain, your body cannot react quickly enough to the sudden jump/loss of tension and you hit the deck.
I've had this happen twice on a mountain bike. I've also had it happen from a standing start at traffic lights, when a dodgy lockring slipped, i.e. loss of tension, feet whip round, head hits the road.
I ride 64" brakeless with a helmet on, i trust my own skill not others.