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I dinny really want a bunfight either.
I suppose if i explain my reasons for running just a front brake better it might help.
The first bike i used with only a front brake was a bmx. My bmx originally had 2 brakes and i tried using a gyro so i could do barspins etc but didn't like the performance. I realised i din't really use the rear brake for much (certainly not for any tricks) so i took it off. I found i could stop my bike just as well using a front brake alone and so i ran with this set up for a while.

Around this time i converted a road bike to s/s and as it had crap side pull calipers on it i removed these and fitted a more modern, more functional front brake to it.
I only fitted a front brake as i liked the simple look of having only the 1 short cable (note i didn't even know about fix wheel bikes/fix culture at this time) and because it meant that my 2 bikes were set up very similarly.
I like my bikes to look really simple. When i buy a bmx frame i generally cut the brake lugs and cable guides off before i even build it. It is for this simple look that i stick to steel frames, traditional double triangle frames and simple colours.

I rode both my bikes with a front brake for a long while and as far as i was concerned i was able to control my bike well and have never - even on the shorter wheelbased bmx - had any problems keeping the back wheel on the ground never mind going over the bars.

Since then i progressed to or decided upon riding brakeless on my bmx.
I converted several other road bikes and mountain bikes - for road use -to s/s and kept the set up the same, front brake only and i still have never had a problem with rear wheel lift.

I have not removed the rear brake from the Genesis as i built it from a frame set.
I am aware that now that fixed wheel bikes are in fashion people may presume i am pretending or jumping on a bandwagon but i can assure you that is not the case.

By the way, i also ride a motorbike and i am aware that i do about 80-90% of braking with the front brake.

I also looked at them and thought about emailing to check they were clinchers etc, £80 seemed to be too good a deal and i thought they might be tubs.
Nice one Tombo. Enjoy them.

I sometimes get drunk and drive because I like it. I feel safe doing so and have yet to cause anyone injury, so it must be OK.

Fatalities in the UK in 2007 related to drink driving = 460
Deaths caused by cyclists worldwide = approximately 1 every 2 years

Am i meant to get a hard on for you coz u ride 90 gi on the track or something?
I'm sure theres plenty of novice riders take the front brake off their freewheel bikes to make their bikes look more like fixed wheel bikes and thusly have a total lack of control of their bikes
However, were i one of those riders would i have freely posted that i ride freewheel flat pedal or would i have left you guessing if it was fixed and made up a story about why i didn't have toeclips fitted in the pic?
Would i have told you that i run 180mm cranks or would i have hoped that noone noticed my cranks weren't 165mm?
The reason i replied with "Why not? Its my bike." was because i don't go around jumping down the throats of those that do ride fixed brakeless with silly gi on the road. I don't tell people who ride fixed - or freewheel - & 2 brakes that they are pussys for doing it. We may slag off some bikes on the anti-porn thread but thats in good humour. Feel free to post my bike in there if you want, i can take it. Just don't come moaning about how i run my bike and expect me to be apologetic about it.

that's a flawed argument, and untrue, as I don't run a brakeless track bike with 90GI on the road.

I'm 36, I think I've already done enough growing up, but thanks for the advice.

Good for you.
And to the people who are running brakeless track bikes on the road with 90gi and who feel safe doing so then good for them too.
I ride what i ride because i like it, because i feel safe doing so and because i have yet to cause anyone any injury by doing so.

PS. May i inquire how many people who do run a brakeless track bike with 90 gi on the road you have berated for doing so this year? Just out of curiosity.

re-ee-post, and the crowd says bo selecta.

aye just like if you do it on the track must be ok for a road bike?
grow up.

pretty sure i can stop just as quick if not quicker than most brakeless fixed riders. and the cops can bite my banger. i ride brakeless on my bmx n never been stopped.

If the wheels have been used then you can pretty much guarantee that they have been used with a brake. Wait till they come in and have a look at the rim, the braking surface could be there just hard to see in the ebay pix. Or if theres little wear/marks on the rims ask the seller what blocks he/she used.
I just bought a set of wheels from the bay with a hope front hub, its really nice, pity the rims are shot.

Have they been used?
They have a cassette on so must be a freewheel hub so i would presume the rim was designed to be used with a brake.

I rode a freewheel with no brakes and stopped with my foot. Completely illogical, but hey, it was my bike so why not.

repped.

Why not? Its my bike.

+1 get it dumped

Sold this for £22, oh my!

How do u sleep at night?

Those bicycle union gloves were out long before '07. most of my mates rode in them when i started bmxing properly which was about...5 years ago.

freewheel?

where's your rear brake then, soldier?

mind you, go fixed with those pedals and 180mmcranks! and you'll know all about pedal strike

Iv never ran 2 brakes on a road bike. Front brake only ftw.

And you get a free scag kit with it? awesome?!

hmm wierd, 1st time i looked it was something about tandems, now its :

tandems?

looking for a cxp 30 or 33 rim 32 hole clincher. ideally would be a 30 in the champagne type colour (dont know proper name). oh and you'd have to be willing to post it which il pay for.

I have a mavic krysium or aksium, its 20 hole radial, i do stoppies n shit on it n its fine, i weigh 14 1/2 stone.

Scissor jack inside the D. have it off in minutes. Do it at night so none of your neighbours sees you/reports you.

Iv emailed the seller to see if he will refund part of what i paid and then i can use that to buy a new rim. Anyone got a spare 32 hole cxp 30 in champagne colour kicking about?

Why not switch them around? You did it with your vowels..

in received? lol, that word always confuzzles me. I have decided that i don't actually want to switch the rims, both wheels are very true and no doubt id fuck this up - i can build wheels just not 100% true wheels.
I also noticed that there were several other discrepancies between the listing and the wheels i received so im going to contact the seller and see what the score is. Thing is i like the wheels, the back one is really nice and the front hub - hope low flange - is pretty sweet too so i don't just want to return them.