Start Stick Stopping

PORTLAND, Ore. - After a recent traffic ruling requiring bike messengers use hand brakes or “a stick” to stop a fixed gear bicycle, messengers and other bike activists gathered near the Vera Katz East Bank Esplanade to learn the braking skill of stick stopping.
For more background:
See the original story at bikeportland.org
And the video: Ayla Brakes at CrankMyChain.com

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Tags: bike, fixies, portland, brake, fixed gear, messengers, bicycle, crankmychain!