# tell me quickly now... **URL:** \ **Category:** Fixed Street\ **Created:** [August 12, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108 "2010-08-12T17:58:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![daniel](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/daniel/32/500_2.png) [@daniel](https://fixed.org.au/u/daniel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/21 "2010-08-12T19:20:35Z")
> [@ellepea](#): > > the aesthetic is a big thing too, > > hope this helps brendan “Remember kid…style can get you killed…” ---
**Author:** ![kje](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@kje](https://fixed.org.au/u/kje)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/22 "2010-08-12T19:24:28Z")
So I don’t have to drill my forks, and because I dont have a machined sidewall! That said, on my other bike which is a conversion I do run a front brake. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kennedy](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/john_kennedy/32/440_2.png) [@John\_Kennedy](https://fixed.org.au/u/John_Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/23 "2010-08-12T19:27:14Z")
Already been mentioned but I do enjoy the challenge and definitely the thrill. and ma arrospoks give me a double multiplier hipster score ---
**Author:** ![adzbro](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@adzbro](https://fixed.org.au/u/adzbro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/24 "2010-08-12T19:39:27Z")
- Bike looks way better - Its a challenge - 50 year old roadies everywhere think you are a menace to society - Punk Rawk ETC ---
**Author:** ![EzyLee](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/ezylee/32/142_2.png) [@EzyLee](https://fixed.org.au/u/EzyLee)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/25 "2010-08-12T19:42:50Z")
Peer pressure from [fixed.org](http://fixed.org) ---
**Author:** ![droz](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/droz/32/270_2.png) [@droz](https://fixed.org.au/u/droz)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/26 "2010-08-12T20:03:56Z")
> [@EzyLee](#): > > Peer pressure from [fixed.org](http://fixed.org) Also leads to - 1. buying a ‘true’ track frame. 2. pretending not to like aerospokes. 3. shunning conversions. 4. never wearing lycra. 5. secretlly loving clipless pedals. ---
**Author:** ![BPM](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@BPM](https://fixed.org.au/u/BPM)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/27 "2010-08-12T20:13:39Z")
i feel like a cheater with a brake on, which makes no sense because i’m cheating death without one. mm poetic ---
**Author:** ![mr\_dylan](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/mr_dylan/32/277_2.png) [@mr\_dylan](https://fixed.org.au/u/mr_dylan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/28 "2010-08-12T20:15:00Z")
^^^^^ Omg so true, cept I love aerospokes. Edit, i meant the one above, posted by drozzy ---
**Author:** ![squid](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/squid/32/313_2.png) [@squid](https://fixed.org.au/u/squid)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/29 "2010-08-12T20:39:26Z")
i have ridden brakeless, but that was with a pretty short ratio so i could easily stop. i wouldn’t feel comfortable riding through peak hour traffic with a reasonable ratio and no front brake, even though i don’t use it that much ---
**Author:** ![brendan](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brendan](https://fixed.org.au/u/brendan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/30 "2010-08-12T21:05:13Z")
interview done / article in process. thank you all for your responses. if you wish to continue this discussion - which is pretty enlightening - pls do so. ---
**Author:** ![daniel](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/daniel/32/500_2.png) [@daniel](https://fixed.org.au/u/daniel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/31 "2010-08-12T21:13:18Z")
> [@HeavyMetalCyclist](#): > > Despite the nay-sayers I am now a safer rider. . Do you think it’s because you ride slower? If at all? These last few weeks I couldn’t fathom riding brakeless to work and back. The hill down past moonee valley rc on a damp road would be terrifying to ride at the speed I do without brakes. ---
**Author:** ![ianhuman\_xX](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/ianhuman_xx/32/197_2.png) [@ianhuman\_xX](https://fixed.org.au/u/ianhuman_xX)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/32 "2010-08-12T21:28:09Z")
![](http://www.majorlycool.com/media/1/20080104-slim-pickens-rides-the-bomb-in.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![HeavyMetalCyclist](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/heavymetalcyclist/32/209_2.png) [@HeavyMetalCyclist](https://fixed.org.au/u/HeavyMetalCyclist)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/33 "2010-08-12T21:30:36Z")
> [@yehuda](#): > > Do you think it’s because you ride slower? If at all? These last few weeks I couldn’t fathom riding brakeless to work and back. The hill down past moonee valley rc on a damp road would be terrifying to ride at the speed I do without brakes. I meant on all bikes. The way i interpret traffic has changed. But also, yes, i ride heaps slow in the wet brakeless. Frankly, that’s a good thing. Everyone should go slow in the wet. Commuting ain’t no racing. ---
**Author:** ![brendan](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brendan](https://fixed.org.au/u/brendan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/34 "2010-08-12T21:32:59Z")
> [@HeavyMetalCyclist](#): > > Commuting ain’t no racing. huh? what do you mean? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Commuter](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/captain_commuter/32/16_2.png) [@Captain\_Commuter](https://fixed.org.au/u/Captain_Commuter)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/35 "2010-08-12T21:35:12Z")
> [@adzbro](#): > > - 50 year old roadies everywhere think you are a menace to society > - Punk Rawk ETC you mean the 50 year olds who invented punk rock for you? 😉 (John Lydon turned 54 this year, Steve Jones turned 55, Paul Cook 54, Malcolm Mclaren turned 64, John Ritchie would have been 53…) ---
**Author:** ![daniel](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/daniel/32/500_2.png) [@daniel](https://fixed.org.au/u/daniel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/36 "2010-08-12T21:35:40Z")
> [@HeavyMetalCyclist](#): > > I meant on all bikes. The way i interpret traffic has changed. > But also, yes, i ride heaps slow in the wet brakeless. Frankly, that’s a good thing. Everyone should go slow in the wet. Commuting ain’t no racing. Yeah cool. I was just asking as nowdays have brakes on my bikes (getting older? and some veeeery close calls), but I rode brakeless a few weeks back and it rained in the afternoon. I had to ride sooo slow, way slower than I usually do in the wet that it just wasn’t feasible. I totally understand the sunny day recreational brakeless thing, just curious as to the day to day stuff. ---
**Author:** ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/37 "2010-08-12T22:55:05Z")
Because I love contributing to the police force revenue fund. ---
**Author:** ![J.K.L.P](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/j.k.l.p/32/129_2.png) [@J.K.L.P](https://fixed.org.au/u/J.K.L.P)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/38 "2010-08-12T23:23:52Z")
Because i ride a track bike on the street and track bikes dont have brakes ---
**Author:** ![horatio](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/horatio/32/42_2.png) [@horatio](https://fixed.org.au/u/horatio)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/39 "2010-08-12T23:40:33Z")
![](http://i41.tinypic.com/pu781.gif) ---
**Author:** ![daniel](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/daniel/32/500_2.png) [@daniel](https://fixed.org.au/u/daniel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108/40 "2010-08-12T23:44:58Z")
> [@J.K.L.P](#): > > Because i ride a track bike on the street and track bikes dont have brakes I’m not against no brakes, one of my bikes has no brakes. I just find it tiresome to go slower when all I have to do is have a brake installed. I say it’s mainly peer pressure and aesthetics as to why people have no brakes… just my opinion though. [Previous page](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108.md?page=1) [Next page](https://fixed.org.au/t/tell-me-quickly-now/47108.md?page=3)