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@ObiWomKenobi
As we're talking about bike shops:
My mate bought a Charge Plug Freestyler for £100 yesterday off ebay.
Previous owner rode fixed and so the bike had no back brake.
He knows nothing about bikes and as I've built a fair few, I'm helping him out with sourcing a few bits n bobs.
So I sent him to Spitalfields Cycle Surgery which is near his office to get a brake cable for the back as well as ask if he could have a rummage in their parts bin for a recessed nut amongst other things (I gave him a rear Condor caliper).
He rides single speed. So obviously they told him "you don't need a back brake mate, front one does all the work, you'd be better off spending your money on some new grips"
Yeah so you can hold on tight and comfortably when you smack into the pavement