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It's very easy to be negative about this, and I'm seriously contemplating going to watch as the culture clash between the "competitors" and hillingdon's users will be fascinating.
I do think there will certainly be accidents if you have 30odd inexperienced (in racing) riders on a road circuit without a working front brake, and I'm surprised the facility will be allowing it. Perhaps as old school racing organisers they assume a front brake will be mandatory as it is for hill climbs and TTs.
However, if it encourages more people to race bikes "properly" then it's got to be a good thing, they have some decent sponsors and I'm sure the organisers will have appropriate insurance in place for the racing.