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@Monsta
You're saying the front brake is the second brake yeah?
I bought the bike, which is an old road bike conversion, off a guy who used to ride it with no brakes. I thought it was far too dangerous without at least a front one, so got one straight away before even stepping foot on it.
After spending some time on Sunday learning how to skid, I can't believe people actually ride around like that. I'm sure you can get it down perfectly, but I found if I hit a bump it'd send my back wheel into the air a bit. It was fun, but by no means safe!
That and the fact that there is 70% more stopping power on a front brake than a back...
BTW, thanks for contributing to this wicked forum guys. I have been spying on it for months and it really helped me understand a few things before I started looking into buying my first fixed.