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I think the best heckle I had while riding my unicycle was from a policeman who shouted "Are your brakes working?" (In the UK you are required by law to have w
by nickcw 10mo ago
I think the best heckle I had while riding my unicycle was from a policeman who shouted "Are your brakes working?"
(In the UK you are required by law to have working brakes on a bicycle. My unicycle had no brakes at all! Though slowing down was never a problem with the fixed wheel drive.)
- _Wintermute 10mo agoA fixed wheel counts as a brake, though I've only seen the law in relation to bicycles which require 2 working brakes not sure how this applied to unicycles.
- 4gotunameagain 10mo agoIn Germany a fixed wheel does not count as a brake, and passionate fixie drivers will have a rear brake installed but never use it. The signs on the rim of a brake that has been used is frowned upon by o̶b̶s̶e̶s̶s̶e̶d̶ passionate fixie drivers.
- shawabawa3 10mo agoSounds like the rules are the same actually In the UK a bike is required to have 2 brakes, and a fixed wheel counts a single brake, i.e. you can't ride a fixie with no extra brake but you can with a single brake
- dghf 10mo ago> In the UK you are required by law to have working brakes on a bicycle. But are you required to have them on a unicycle?