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Still (and this is probably a totally noob question. I am a noob afterall.) Why would people be so adamant to run 2 x brakes on a freewheel bike. I've been riding this setup for over 4 years, and always felt like I've had plenty of stopping power.

Weather you can control that stopping power when it is wet or your front tyre has enough grip is a debatable point.

The main reason I think 2 brakes are necessary is that at the moment you're relying on one cable to stop you.
Out of interest when was the last time you inspected your brake cable for fraying in your Condor?
In my time when I've worked in bike shops I've seen enough customers bring bikes in with sheared cables to give me enough doubt that sometimes they will fail (generally through poor maintenance), the last I saw was a guy brought his bike in to be assessed and repaired after he crashed into the back of a lorry when his cable snapped; it wrote off his front wheel, bent the forks and bent his handlebars not to mention his broken jaw.