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Bingo!
Brakes on road fixed are the most underrated thing ever, and brakeless riding on the road is the most overrated.
The forces acting on your joints and muscles when resisting hard are not usually good ones. That's why most experienced track rides do not use lockrings and do not kick back hard to slow down or stop.