Do you use your rear brake?

the point of having two braking systems is that if one breaks you still have the other.

is that why we have two brakes? in case one fail??

I thought it's all about controlling your speed with precision, how wrong I was!

i haven't used a rear brake in about 28 years riding. In fact I try to do without brakes altogether, except in extremis.

Had my front brake cable snap on friday there, that was fun, never got to enjoy riding brakeless as my lockring came a little loose soon after, fun.

Apologies for not contributing to the thread whatsoever.

i haven't used a rear brake in about 28 years riding. In fact I try to do without brakes altogether, except in extremis.

That, of course, is why you are special. Has Em had the tattoo done?

i think your exagertaing how bad use of the front brake is in the wet. ive emergancy stopped plenty of times, its really not a problem.

its amazing, i rode all night yesterday in the wet and i didnt come off once, and havnt ever done before. i dont know how im still alive.

theres the age old, what if your brake fails, well what if your chain comes off/snaps on brakeless fix. its rare and doesnt happen if you keep your bike well.

dont be silly, we all know that stopping with a front brake is better than skidding with a rear wheel, just think about it. on my fix i dont really skid all that much, only for fun, the rear is for speed control the brake is for stopping.

I have two brakes on my fixed/ss bike, not least because I sometimes swap round to ss, although I'm mostly running it fixed. I also quite like a sort of 'road' look, so that two brake levers plus hoods on the drop bars are a must. :) Not very fashionable, I know, but I like it that way.