I think God may be telling me to go brakeless

So, first of all, I have a nasty accident that wouldn't have been anywhere near so bad without a front brake and then: I go to hospital this morning for my 7 week x-ray and physio when I come out, some fucking numpty has looped his cable lock between my front brake cable and my handlebars / frame.

I go kind of mad with rage for a minute and want to kick the shit out of the appaling welds on his Marin, but then get out my tools, remove the brake cable from the brake and then reattach it all. In the rpocess I jab my thumb, with the end of a piece of wire, which begins to bleed and realise that I could have just undone my stem clamp. Fuck.

All sorted now, but it is beginning to look like having a front brake is a liability.

ha! just go back to bed.

Maybe you should start the next big hipster trend and go bikeless. ;o)

Nice idea, but do I have to jog along with a constant cadence and my hands out in front of me?

Sturmey Archer front brake is your friend. Mever mind the huge weight inertia, feel the quality.

God is not telling you to go brakeless, I'm telling you to go brakeless!
(if you can do it safely that is)

'mum, dad, now i;ve recovered from my nasty crash which left my arm resembling * the terminator*, i've decided the best thing would be to take the brake off my bike and ride it like that. what do you think?'

poor mum

Sounds about right :]

BTW, I am not going to go brakeless. Mainly becaue of my Dad, not my Mum: he is a road traffic accident investigator and expert witness. He would quite literally disembowel me if I rode without a handbrake.

This is also why I wear a lid, complete mental indoctrination as a child. I also own hi-viz vests but have weaned myself off them...

You should buy a hump.

Your Dad would Hate me :]

ii like your helmet, mashton. it suits you.

saucy...

see my little saucy stutter there..

mashton, are you a secret hybrid-flouro-commuter?! Go all the way and get a tricycle, that's my advice.

I my hybrid and I my yellow hump backpack.

BTW, I am not going to go brakeless. Mainly becaue of my Dad, not my Mum: he is a road traffic accident investigator and expert witness. He would quite literally disembowel me if I rode without a handbrake.

This is also why I wear a lid, complete mental indoctrination as a child. I also own hi-viz vests but have weaned myself off them...

chuck it in your bag you'll be fine....

You should buy a hump.

My flatmate bought one. We took the piss out of him solidly until one day it went in the drawer never to be seen again. I don't think he ever actually rode the bike with it on. The man in Evans who sold him his bianchi posts thought it was strange tyt he bought a brakeleaa bike, turned down the option of a brake and clipless pedals but wanted a hump.

According to various posts on other threads God himself rides brakeless on the magic 69.9"
the man is a fking hypocrite!
Go brakeless and WITH the hi-viz all in one - meet them both half way

Your Dad would Hate me :]

most people's dads would hate you!

although the accountant part might redeem you slightly

WARNING; Object is bad for your health.

Not sure about that, He stopped me breaking my neck instead of my collarbone!

In the event of a crash, place soft Object between yourself and the ground.

In the event of a crash, place soft Object between yourself and the ground.

Ha!