Poll: Number of Brakes

I am just curious - If you were building/buying/riding a bike, how many brakes would you want on it and in front or back or both?

- Fixed Gear
- Single Speed (SS)
- Fixed Gear/SS (Flip Fop hub)
- Geared Road
- Geared Mountain

ALSO- Front Brake, Right or Left

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Permalink Reply by Brian Ellison on June 6, 2009 at 4:11pm

single speed
2 brakes.

I am no where near good enough to safely ride a fg in traffic.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Isaac on June 7, 2009 at 7:25am

Single speed- front brake on the left

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Permalink Reply by Ali on June 7, 2009 at 8:03am

Geared Roadie...Powerful double pivot brakes both front and rear, w/ Kool Stop Salmon Pads...Right lever controlling my rear.

-Ali

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Permalink Reply by mike w. on June 7, 2009 at 1:17pm

All bikes that see the road fixed & free: fore & aft brakes, with one exception fixed w/front brake only.

i seldom hit the rear brake... haven't gone endo yet using front only 40+ years and counting.

Right/front. Check out the late great Sheldon Brown's article on the Harris cycles site about front braking...

Brakeless fixed is for the track. Period.

Good on you if you feel confident enough to do brakeless in traffic, but i prefer to maximise my chances...