Fixies are sold with two brakes in the UK therefore they are legal here, and are very easy to stop, and stop far more quickly than with two rim brakes.
I don't think they make any claim to being conservationist - whatever that is. It certainly is a fashion thing rather than cultural. But the joy is people are on bikes.
Gary Cummins
> Aren't fixies illegal in most countries because of the frequent lack of two brakes? They are in Oz. Technically.
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> Confession - I think they are unpleasant machines and wasteful of rear tyres.Using a salvaged frame is often set off with brand new alloy rims costing hundreds. Not in the conservationist spirit.
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> I also overtake their young riders all the time on an old bike with gears, and I'm in my late 40s, so I really don't see the point.
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> One gear, dangerous, and hard to stop.
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> It must be cultural.
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