Look Ma, No Brakes!

In an attempt to become accepted into the really ridiculously cool society of bike messengers here in Tokyo I have taken on a few new material goods and personality traits. I will need to appear as if I have been riding in Tokyo for years and that I know the area like the back of my hand. My first step in this pseudo-awesome transformation is obtaining a sufficiently awesome bike which I have finally accomplished:

It has no brakes, but that is not a problem for the persona that I am taking on. More to come as I almost hit a pedestrian every 10 seconds riding to and from school...

If you want more info on why these brakeless cyclist death-traps are so freaking cool, do a little search on Japanese Keirin Track bikes and you will understand.

(And the main reason I am taking this on is because I am (attempting) to make a documentary about the bike messengers of Tokyo, so to own one of these babies is a great way to obtain bike messenger friends...and get interviews ;)