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I just finished buying my first BMX over the holidays. Since it's ultimately a test bike, buying used made sense to me. Obviously this significantly reduced my choices but also have me some good insights into what people actually ride. When I first started looking, I was shocked brakeless was even a thing.
After seeing people shredding through traffic using little 90 hops to quickly shed speed and change direction, I started to understand. Still, I decided pretty early to eliminate brakeless setups in my search or figure upgrades into the price.
I considered there might be some benefits to learning brakeless from the start, but I figured it would ultimately reduce my confidence and limit my ride time which are probably two of the more important factors in the shape of anyone's learning curve.
I'm curious about other people's thoughts on the subject. Would you recommend or warm against going brakeless on your first bike?