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

Damage their rim in return.

Now all we need is the helmet thread going again and the forum will have gone full circle (once again).

Not until Velocio introduces himself in the 'welcome' thread has that truly happened

Shake them until their wallet falls out.

they're skinny, just squeeze them like a used toothpaste, and it'll come out.

What's the protocol for if someone can't control their bike (brakless or not) and runs into you damaging your bike?

You can hardly swap insurance details. So what do you do?

You lock your bike to theirs and accompany them to a cashpoint.

brakeless looks too good? want a brake? cant decide? go all D.I.Y. on our asses and get a drum brake with an electronic actuator concealed in the the top tube, activated by squeezing the red ruby on your ring. Q to the rescue. thankyou, thankyou.

What's the protocol for if someone can't control their bike (brakless or not) and runs into you damaging your bike?

You can hardly swap insurance details. So what do you do?

Spit on their saddle.

Kill it with fire.

I started riding brakeless because I bought a bike without drilling for a brake, I do now ride with one but wouldn't think anything of going back to brakeless.
That said, it does make you ride differently, especially when filtering or on parts of road where people might step out in front of you or cars might switch lane without indicating. Maybe not "more" awareness, but you have to think to yourself "if someone were to step in front of me now, would I have room to move out the way or be able to stop in time?" if the answer is no, you ride slower.
You also can't go on longer rides, I used to limit myself to about 30 miles as after that I couldn't guarantee my legs would have enough strength left to emergency stop. People who ride brakeless in the same way they ride with brakes are the ones that are the danger, I especially don't understand how people do longer rides, like to Brighton, brakeless because all it takes is you having slogged up a hill then going down the other side and a car to pull out in front of you to get seriously hurt.
But for commuting or riding around town then bring brakeless is fine, as long as you know your limits.

So does anyone know what you can do if another cyclist crashes in to you and damages your bike?

Is he wearing a helmet?

Brighton Brakeless and crashing you say?

I ride brakeless because I love Guinness and meat products.

I ride brakless because brakes were an extra £15..

I stealz all you brakz. I needz mad stopin powah! 1000mph

I ride brakless because I have two brakes.

I have too many brakes, I am brakeful.

Brighton Brakeless and crashing you say?

Pearls before swine.

There was also that oxford one where the braklezes were skidding about all over the road trying to slow down and Dog'sknob ended up in a bush and Pip broke his shoulder off.

And the Cambridge one were Corny stacked.

LFGSS - Failing to make it to their proposed riding destinations since 2007

"Build a track and they will come."

I sometimes ride brakeless, at 30mph, 3" behind a motor vehicle, and I've not come to any harm.

I sometimes ride brakeless, at 30mph, 3" behind a motor vehicle, and I've not come to any harm.

coz u av dem mad skilllzz innit bruv

You lock your bike to theirs and accompany them to a cashpoint.

Would you though Will? Hmmm, I mean would you, really, hmmm, would you?

coz u av dem mad skilllzz innit bruv

Either that or mgittings knows what he's doing on the Derny

Might take my rear brake off soon and see how much difference it makes. If I have any very scary moments it's going straight back on though, I like feeling safe when I ride.

You don't need to removed your back brake just because you're riding with a fixed wheel, it's generally normal to have a front brake on a fixed wheel bicycle because under the UK law, the fixed wheel tranmission counted as a brake (although it's recommended to have foot retention), but it's not a necessity to only have a front hand-operated brake.

Choose what make you feel comfortable, not accordingly to the general view of how a fixed wheel bicycle should be.

le shrug I know, I've had two brakes for months but I reckon if it doesn't make much difference to only have one then I might as well have one, as I only use my rear brake 10% of the time.

Like I said, if I feel even slightly uncomfortable I'm putting it back on.