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> None of the early designs seemed to have any brakes, making them quite impractical. None of them were freehub designs, so you could always backpedal to slow
by loeg 3y ago
> None of the early designs seemed to have any brakes, making them quite impractical.
None of them were freehub designs, so you could always backpedal to slow down. It's definitely more work than a real brake, but it's not nothing.
- NegativeLatency 3y agoIf they even had pedals
- loeg 3y agoThere's always the "Ted Shred" (braking by applying your foot to the rear wheel).
- giraffe_lady 3y agoCan't rule out the possibility that victorians were whipping sick skids. My fixie brothers & sisters through time.
- loeg 3y ago49x19 is life!