>>1544182Don't mistake REQUIRED, for SUGGESTED.
Sheldon rode quite a few fixed gear bikes with brakes. He had a fixed gear 3 speed internal hub bike with 3 sets of brakes at one point. He had ZERO problems making, suggesting and riding with rear brakes.
>other than on slippery/bumpy surfacesAnd you're riding in frozen conditions. My god man, if you showed half as much backbone to me as you did to whatever untermensch convinced you to follow their paceline of idiocy.
Pic related. It's one of sheldon's fixed gear bikes. A rivendel rambolier.
