[leadpenny]

Could be, had the brakes worked, the kid would have used them.

[Ninian Dryhope]

"Could be, had the brakes worked, the kid would have used them."

Could be that an alien came out of a spaceship and kept the brakes from working.

Back in the real world, bike brakes, front and back, do not go from working fine to suddenly failing, s you would know, if you had ever ridden a bike.