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[-] danisth@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

I’m trying to think of any possible advantage of this over just putting it on the back wheel and I can’t. It’s beautiful.

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

If it's mechanically activated you'd get about 0,5% increase in braking power on account of less brakeline

also, fuck it, half the fun about bicycles is jury rigging shit together. dudes rock.

[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

I put a disc brake on my fixie

no, you put a disc chain breaker on your fixie

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago
[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

foot retention
dumb bullshit

This is a fixie, that brake is decorative anyway

[-] regul@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago
[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Do fixies not have that thing that lets the back wheel coast without moving the pedals?

[-] incogtino@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago

If they have a freewheel they are single-speed rather than fixed gear

[-] fanbois@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

No, because that would be useful and increase safety and comfort at the cost of... basically nothing.

[-] drowns@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

well you coulda told me this 20 years ago and my knees wouldn't hurt so bad.. thanks Obama

[-] Homer_Simpson@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Thanks, I hate it

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

don't Dutch style bikes have brakes controlled by the pedals? is that not this?

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No, that's coaster brakes, fixies are different.

Coaster brakes allow you to stop pedalling and still move forward woth your inertia. In fixies you can't stop pedalling otherwise you would be braking.

The image is funny cuz if you are gonna add a hand-brake, makes way more sense to put it in the wheel axle instead of the pedal axle cuz you are still straining the chain.

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