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

Is there actually any logical reason for riding brakeless? Some people say it looks nice fair enough, not exactly that great a reason though is it? Others say it makes you ride with more awareness, i'd disagree with that, ride with brakes and primarily use your legs to slow and stop. That way you get the "awareness" of riding brakeless but know that you can actually stop when (not if) someone pulls out in front of you/slams on his brakes.

You're wrong on this. Knowing you have the brake psychologically takes that edge off. It's knowing that YOU are soley responsible for making that bike stop is the awareness thing. Problem is the bellends that ride beyond their means on the UK's densily packed roads having read about fixies on some style guide in the back ID or Wallpaper. The best brakeless fixeh rider is probably the one that has had a crash, the car analogy would be the the spike on the streering wheel instead of ABS/aribags/ALB/SIPS etc.