See This Video and Much Much More at tonight's Kick Ass Biking redux 7PM at Free Geek (1731 SE 10th Ave, in Portland)
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