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Bike Safety: "Never ride a bike when it's wet outside!"
Is this the next front in the anti-bicycling war, the war to protect us
from ourselves? On leaving the office today, I saw the guy with the milk crate on the back rack had bought a new bike - or, perhaps, someone new had taken over his usual parking place. I didn't recognize the bike's brand name, so I went over for a closer look. Seemed to be "A2F" with the "2" as a superscript (as in "squared"), model seemed to be "Barracuda." New to me. Then I saw the sticker on the top tube: "Caution!" [Uh-oh] "Never ride a bike at night without lights!" [OK, good advice.] "Never ride a bike without an ANSI, ASTM or Snell approved helmet!" [Well, you _know_ what I think about that.] "Never ride a bike when it's wet outside!" [??????????] I suppose it's just a matter of time before fenders are made illegal. We can't keep condoning, let alone supporting, such irresponsible behavior! And you folks in the Pacific Northwest - just give it up, OK? Get yourself an SUV like God intended! -- --------------------+ Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com, replace with cc.ysu dot edu] |
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 21:18:11 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:
"Never ride a bike when it's wet outside!" [??????????] Ha ha ha I just re-engineered my front fender spray flap to cope with the fresh 28mm tires. Nothing can stop me now.... |
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maxo wrote:
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 21:18:11 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: "Never ride a bike when it's wet outside!" [??????????] Ha ha ha I just re-engineered my front fender spray flap to cope with the fresh 28mm tires. Nothing can stop me now.... I am acquainted with a particular iron bridge which you apparently haven't met ... yet. |
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maxo wrote:
I just re-engineered my front fender spray flap to cope with the fresh 28mm tires. I just re-engineered my front fender to cope with backwards riding. Robert |
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"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message
... Is this the next front in the anti-bicycling war, the war to protect us from ourselves? On leaving the office today, I saw the guy with the milk crate on the back rack had bought a new bike - or, perhaps, someone new had taken over his usual parking place. I didn't recognize the bike's brand name, so I went over for a closer look. Seemed to be "A2F" with the "2" as a superscript (as in "squared"), model seemed to be "Barracuda." New to me. Then I saw the sticker on the top tube: "Caution!" [Uh-oh] "Never ride a bike at night without lights!" [OK, good advice.] "Never ride a bike without an ANSI, ASTM or Snell approved helmet!" [Well, you _know_ what I think about that.] "Never ride a bike when it's wet outside!" [??????????] I suppose it's just a matter of time before fenders are made illegal. We can't keep condoning, let alone supporting, such irresponsible behavior! And you folks in the Pacific Northwest - just give it up, OK? Get yourself an SUV like God intended! Actually, my daughter (11 )has one of those bikes, it's a "Barracuda A2Z", a fairly entry-level MTB. I guess I missed the sticker, she rode it 20 miles last Saturday in the (45 degree) rain. I suppose, like pulling her on a trailer in the city, that makes me a bad dad. |
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Thu, 04 Nov 2004 21:18:11 -0500, ,
Frank Krygowski wrote: "Never ride a bike when it's wet outside!" [??????????] I'm afraid it reflects the sorry state of *Common Sense* today. -- zk |
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Michael wrote:
:: maxo wrote: ::: ::: On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 21:18:11 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: ::: :::: "Never ride a bike when it's wet outside!" [??????????] ::: ::: Ha ha ha ::: ::: I just re-engineered my front fender spray flap to cope with the ::: fresh 28mm tires. Nothing can stop me now.... :: :: :: I am acquainted with a particular iron bridge which you apparently :: haven't met ... yet. Never ride on an iron bridge when it's wet outisde! Silly. |
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Frank Krygowski wrote:
Is this the next front in the anti-bicycling war, the war to protect us from ourselves? On leaving the office today, I saw the guy with the milk crate on the back rack had bought a new bike - or, perhaps, someone new had taken over his usual parking place. I didn't recognize the bike's brand name, so I went over for a closer look. Seemed to be "A2F" with the "2" as a superscript (as in "squared"), model seemed to be "Barracuda." New to me. Then I saw the sticker on the top tube: "Caution!" [Uh-oh] "Never ride a bike at night without lights!" [OK, good advice.] "Never ride a bike without an ANSI, ASTM or Snell approved helmet!" [Well, you _know_ what I think about that.] "Never ride a bike when it's wet outside!" [??????????] I suppose it's just a matter of time before fenders are made illegal. We can't keep condoning, let alone supporting, such irresponsible behavior! And you folks in the Pacific Northwest - just give it up, OK? Get yourself an SUV like God intended! What about riding in the snow? -- Bob Burns Mill Hall PA |
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 21:18:11 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote: "Never ride a bike when it's wet outside!" [??????????] One of my prime tenets, but it has nothing to do with safety. ;-) jeverett3ATearthlinkDOTnet http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3 |
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