>>1876332i'm completely fine with front and rear brakes. in any "technical" riding conditions like in a city with tight streets or with hills especially in winter conditions it helps to have good braking performance. pic related is an example of a bike with campagnolo skeleton brakes, the calipers look quite small in real life and don't ruin the appearance of the bike at all in my opinion. i put some titanium and aluminium hardware on my campagnolo chorus brakes to get them down to around 290 grams for the pair. the rear brake might feel a bit redundant with certain brake lever configurations, for example those small cyclocross interrupter brake levers mounted in the middle of a drop bar or bullhorn bar, but with drop bar levers such as TRP RRL or with a flat bar i think it's a completely valid choice to run front and rear brakes.
