My good friend Gabriel Romeu in an off line communicated raised an issue I haven't thought of about brakeless bikes and I thought I'd bring it up here. He suggests that a rider skidding his rear wheel might have a chain brake and go sailing through a busy intersection and may not be willing to do very much such skidding anyway because of the likelyhood of ruining an expensive tire. I have never had a chain fail and I am wondering on just how likely this might be. I feel it is really a powerful argument for having brakes on a fixed gear bike (Mine has two). If this is all too off topic for discussion, I'm sure Dale will let me know.he is not shy, I find.
Tom Sanders
Lansing, MI USA