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

Set the bike on fire

Get someone to throw a mountainbike at it.

without stating the obvious....

You do what you did when you were messing around on bikes as a 'youth'...

You put your feet in the wheel, you put your feet on the floor, or steer it into something...or you ditch the mofo and cope with breaking your wrist/bike and not your neck...
You should ideally have two methods of braking on a cycle, it's ok if you are tooling around however if you actually cycle with a little passion ..ie fast...then hey...those brakes are essential...thats why those guys on the big races like the 'tour' and 'stuff' swear by them...

also...unless your chain is really old, fucked, cheapcheap, rusty, made of cheese...or all of those...they rarely break.

typed with a medium slice of WTF?

Being a expectant first time dad (any day now), I just had this thought buzzing in my head - maybe it's time to put that rear brake back on? Any thoughts or experience?

Yeah, make it a front brake.

Jebus saves.

How would you stop yourself posting inane shit if BOTH your sense of *mortality* AND your self-censorship bugger up??

Morality ?

I would select components of sufficient reliabilty to reduce the risk ALARP and implement an appropiate maintenance regime

to ensure it doesn't happen

Open up your jacket/shirt and release your grip on the bicycle, lift up your arms and take flight into the beautiful skys, when sufficiently distanced from you bike soar high into the clouds, far far away using your erect penis as a rudder to steer your now naked body towards heaven. (take some cans, it takes a couple of hours or so to get there.)

Do this.

I meant mortality. In the sense of clichés like new parents worrying about being there to provide or the risk of infant mortality. You know, being overly preoccupied with the concept of death. That was given as part of the motivation for the thread, wasn't it?

maybe ths guy just wants us to congratulate him on becoming a new dad?....without just actually saying "please congratulate me on becoming a new dad"...

A bit like the guy who wanted to show off about living in Brooklyn but pretended he needed to know where to buy parts, even though he didn't need parts....

Congratulations on becoming a dad....I'm a recent dad too...it's ace.

Do as I do, fixed gear plus brakes front and back.

I think it might be time for brake challenges...

I massively doubt that brakeless or even front braked riders will be able to instinctively (crash situation) stop or at lest reduce speed as well as a bike fixed or not but fitted with both brakes.

You pays your money and takes your choice.

I massively doubt that brakeless or even front braked riders will be able to instinctively (crash situation) stop or at lest reduce speed as well as a bike fixed or not but fitted with both brakes.

when it come to this, it's usually best not to make assumption thst brakeless aren't as good as brakeful rider.

Do as I do, fixed gear plus brakes front and back.

I think it might be time for brake challenges...

I massively doubt that brakeless or even front braked riders will be able to instinctively (crash situation) stop or at lest reduce speed as well as a bike fixed or not but fitted with both brakes.

You pays your money and takes your choice.

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bigben

i have dura ace calipers front and back on the road bike, dura ace caliper on the front on the fixed gear bike

for immediate braking the fixed gear with front brake is much much quicker, a big part of why i prefer riding fixed in town

two brakes gives better modulation when hurtling down hillls at speeds over 30 mph, but this tends not to be a problem for urban riding

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i would have though if you are relying on your chain to stop you in traffic, then you shell out the wonga for a chain that won't break (beefy bmx halflink or summink)

hand on front tyre

i can feel the burn!

also...unless your chain is really old, fucked, cheapcheap, rusty, made of cheese...or all of those...they rarely break.

chains do break....but mostly for none of the above reasons....usually because they have not been joined corectly....and it being expensive, beefy or new makes no difference.

carry an inflatable raft, which you can inflate in case of emergency and bail out.

The prospect of being a Dad is enough to get most guys thinking about their future role, and all that can go wrong. Congratulations on the impending arrival, and don't worry about your kit, rather concentrate on riding safe, and keeping out of trouble on those busy streets.

May I suggest you ride with CrazyJames at all times, so if you ever need to stop your fixed, just crash into him? He is a 16stone fucker after all...

Why you wants to stop anyways you never ever stop till you reach your destination. No brakes = Faster.

dear god, are you sure you should be having kids?

dear god, are you sure you should be having kids?

Dear Nhattattack,

Thanks for your concerned letter.
No, I shouldn't have anymore kids,
the last one I had,
the fucking Jews nailed him to
a tree in his underpants.

All the best

Yahweh

x x x

i like the idea of having a parachute attached