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

Please excuse my ignorance i didn't know what an ordinary bicycle was.

So it's a bike with just a front brake.

You may not have noticed Chris, but a lot of people here have been trying to help you with your ignorance, It's a Vintage cycle over a hundred and thirty years old, they are called ordinary bicycles to differentiate them from safety cycles, which is the sort that you are arguing in favour of running in a dangerous and illegal manner, hope that's helped.

Yeah sorry, I should have made it clearer that I had read the article and that I am now aware that we are talking about a bike that is more commonly known as a penny farthing but it does not change tha fact that it is still a bike that has just a front brake ie no rear brake!

BTW I will be doing the Skyride this sunday, on a brakeless fixed-wheel.It was built in 1888, and is a Challenge 'Ordinary'. Now there's a bike which demands care!

I was really aiming the comments at Borntoolate who thinks my girlfriends bike is dangerous because it only has a front brake.

Are there going to be many people at this Skyride?