some reasons I want to get myself a fixie (It would be a 29er with a flip flop and breaks)
A new level of control
work on spinning technique
I think it would be fun to ride a fixie mountain bike on slower technical trails
going breakless is definitely NOT a reason I want to go fixie
The only place where it makes sense to ride breakless in in a velodrome (or other controlled environment where surprises are not likely to happen)
Actually Velodrome crashes happen and they are really intense and gnarly. Brakes would not prevent crashes in a velodrome, though. It definitely makes sense to remove brakes from a fixie before entering a velodrome race… it’s just dead weight.
Brakes in a velodrome race are dangerous. The bikes race very close together. If one rider hit the brakes for any reason the other riders behind him would crash into him. No brakes makes the bikes more predictable. Even in beginner track races they won’t allow a bike in the race that has brakes.
A brake lever would also be one more item that could gore you during a crash.
My little rant can easily be taken the wrong way. I do not hate those who choose to ride a brakeless fixie and I do not think of them as idiots. There are riders on brakeless fixies who have more bike handling control than I do on my fixie with brakes.
My rant was more about dressing up a brakeless fixie as a fashion statement rather than as a bike that fits the way you ride. A brakeless fixie does not fit the way I ride.
I also find it silly to create a brakeless fixie with a cutdown straight handlebar. That may work if you ride in congested areas and weave through pedestrians and traffic. Wide handlebars could snag on things so narrow would be better. But narrow also makes it less suitable for climbing, especially if you have to get out of the saddle. And I’d hate to do a 40+ mile ride on narrow handlebars just because it makes the bike look cute. Fashion over substance is silly.
So build the bike up so it suits your riding. I won’t hate you for it.
I do hope though that you’ll start with a low gear and learn how to stop and control the bike with the low gear before going to bigger gears.
Riding the fixie is fun. It makes you feel as part of the bike rather than just a rider on top of the bike. It’s a different experience. My fixie has a flip-flop hub. It’s a different bike when it’s in coaster mode rather than fixie mode. I ride the bike differently in each mode.
I dont use a brake on my mountain board. 
my car
BC wheels:)
No Brakes!
Tis true,Darktom put together a fixed gear beast and on my first attempt to stop i got some very sore balls indeed courtesy of the handlebar stem. The brakes were employed a lot more after that night.
Yeah, it’s called adrenaline. The “rush” of not stacking up badly when maybe you should have. Lots of things are great without brakes:
Other things kind of suck without brakes:
Those are not as fun. Sure, it’s fun if you drive your brakeless car and manage to get somewhere without having an accident. It’s not very responsible, but the rush is still there regardless. One time I drove my old Volkswagen Bus about a mile with steering that barely worked. Of course I was going hella slow, and eventually ended up with my front wheels pigeon-toed. They don’t make 'em like they used to!
I think if lots of people were to chime in on this, we’d find a division more or less along the lines of age. On one side would be the people, generally younger, who may have had lots of scary experiences, but few or no near-death experiences. And who don’t have many dead friends their age or younger. On the other side would be people who have “learned the hard way.”
I think the ratio of scary : fun changes as you get older, depending on your personal experiences, willingness to be injured (or dead) and pain tolerance. It changes because you’ve already had some stuff go wrong. This is not true for everyone, of course, just in general.
So I’ll keep, and appreciate, the brakes on my Coker, but continue to not have any on my MUni. For now.
Do I see a Jackass or CKY fan? 
Peter M
Doesn’t everyone ride the shopping carts in and around the grocery store?
That must be one intense workout.
I ride 2:1 on my bike, 42:21 currently, soon to be 30:15. This is to get up ledges that normally I would ruin chainrings on because of clearance.
With some math of a previous ride, I probably cruise at like 11 kh/h. I sprint around 40 km/h, and coasted down a mountain access on New Years at 2am in the rain at a bit over 60 km/h, that’s what I was told by a guy in a BMW anyways.
I have, and they wheelie really nice… but I find them boring, I like to do more than ride around on the street.
I don’t understand what you mean about how it’s so different to ride, the only thing I found different was using your legs to stop instead of brake levers… other than that, obviously the frame geometry was completely different and very uncomfortable for me. I rode the bike for maybe 10 minutes, and I hated it and had sore back and shoulders the rest of the day.
I was in no way trying to insult you.
Ever tried roller skiing?
Roller skis are basically a simulation of nordic skiing for the summertime. They go quite fast and have no breaks.
i’d like to take this time to mention taht geared unis without brakes= mega hardcore+awesome.
That’s mild.
You know what’s extreme?
Hitting yourself in the head with a hatchet.
A chainsaw would be better. Take the work out of it.
Dog sleds
ISS
4 year olds
You don’t dog sled much do you?
There is something really fun about standing in a toboggan going down a slope though.
and little red wagons 
Who me? Nope, I don’t sled never. Not many opportunities in Texas.
But I swear I remember some book (so it has to be true) where a novice musher is surprised to find out that there aren’t any brakes. Now I’m completely tortured because I don’t remember the title or any other details.