The Ultimate Brakeless/Front/Rear/How many brakes? thread

as a breakfast eating, guardian reading, islington resident i'd like the record to state that i didn't give a flying fuck about the whole brakless debate the last four million times it came up. the internets are full to bursting with brainless brakless hoohaa from both sides. does the world really need this article... again?

No, but Guardian journalists do, apparently. And AA Gill rides fixed these days so maybe the Sunday Times will pick up the thread and retaliate with a double spread to make the Guardian look like amateurs, then the Express will chip in on the Monday with the headline 'Kamakaze Cyclists Without Brakes Join War on Motorists'... from there it will just escalate with Prince Charles writing a subtle letter to the PM with his learned and erudite views, until finally the Obe Wan of cycling, (Mr J. Snow), takes the matter in hand and goes head to head with Peter Hill in a Pro/Anti brake jousting deathmatch to settle the issue.