Portland: Fixies are Illegal

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Paul J. Berg wrote:
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They're illegal only if you do not have a brake. Plenty of people in
town on fixies with a front brake. -- Jay Beattie.

Jay Beattie wrote:
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They're illegal only if you do not have a brake. Plenty of people in
town on fixies with a front brake.

They should propose a law that all bikes have to be able to be
ridden in reverse to avoid collisions.

Of course it'd be voted down, but it'd be fun to watch.

I happen to agree with the city. A few people can control a fixie
like it has a brake. The rest can't and their attempts to do it
out in public endanger those around them.

--Blair

On 3 Aug 2006 16:11:51 -0700, "Blair P. Houghton"
wrote:


A few people can control a fixie
like it has a brake. The rest can't and their attempts to do it
out in public endanger those around them.


Nobody in the world can slow an unbraked fixie as quickly as I can
slow mine with a front brake; regardless of skill or leg strength,
simple physics is against them.

Kinky Cowboy*

*Batteries not included
May contain traces of nuts
Your milage may vary

Paul J. Berg wrote:
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When you post the same thing in more than one (appropriate) newsgroup, why
not do so simultaneously* so that all replies are seen by all?

* "multi-posting" rather than "cross-posting"?

On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:21:09 -0700, Paul J. Berg wrote:

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It's already the law in CA.

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They do not accept 1879 as a birth date.

--
Michael Press

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The same sort of anti-cycling legislation exists in British Columbia, which
section outlaws not only fixed-gear cycles, but ordinaries and unicycles;
They also have defined the road to include _any_ shoulder, which means that
if an unpaved shoulder abuts a paved road surface, cyclists are required by
law to ride on the unpaved portion.

That, and they have an MHL.

"Michael Press" wrote in message
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They do not accept 1879 as a birth date.


Tell the page you live in Nigeria.

jtaylor wrote:
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The same sort of anti-cycling legislation exists in British Columbia, which
section outlaws not only fixed-gear cycles, but ordinaries and unicycles;
They also have defined the road to include _any_ shoulder, which means that
if an unpaved shoulder abuts a paved road surface, cyclists are required by
law to ride on the unpaved portion.

That, and they have an MHL.

It's anti-stupidity legislation. As in, it's stupid to ride a bicycle
that doesn't have any brakes on it.
--D-y