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Dropped my chain in traffic. Brakeless. eeks!

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djg said:
Let's say a brake seems useful only every third ride, really useful only every thirtieth ride, and critically useful only every three hundredth: is it really that heavy or that ugly that you don't want it when you need it? It's your can and your brain pan, but IMO public streets are not velodromes and I don't know anybody who can elbow a hummer out of his line.
Gem of wisdom from djg here, and a freebie too. Give it a little extra consideration.

Maybe look at it this way, when your cool fixie friends give you stick for having a brake, you can tell them the even cooler story of how you dropped your chain in traffic, and how, you did the math, and figured, ya know, just cos I have a brake now, doesn't mean I have to use it -- but it's there if a link explodes at the worst possible time.

Don't be fraid to start a trend, even if it's a one man trend.
 
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