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

You might not define it as a braking system but the article certainly does and implies that the law also defines it as one.

Oh, as I said, I don't want to be nit-picking. I just think in this context it's a useful distinction to understand. As far as I know, the law doesn't define a fixed-gear drivetrain explicitly as a braking system at all, but I may be wrong. I used to think that counting it as one was a liberal interpretation of the wording of the law, but maybe I've missed something there. It's never interested me a great deal, anyway, as I've always had two rim brakes on my fixed bike.