"Ride-A-Lot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:-uGdnZjaPaad6d7dRVn- [email hidden]...
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Then you must be using a helmet just so you can shoot your videos. And all the people you film in your videos are wearing helmets as a fashion statement, right? You don't play the liberal hipocritical fool too well.
Then you must lack critical thinking skills.
Where have I ever claimed that I wear a helemt because I think it's going to save my life?
Where have I ever written that helmets don't offer any portection?
Perhaps you should think about those questions a bit, lest you make yourself look like a fool once again (remember your strident denounciation of people who would be so reckless as to hang their bicycle by the WHEELS?).
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I love how you backpedal. Pete, you're the King. Oh, and I guess the hanging wheel thing is just another myth we don't see eye to eye on. Oh, well.
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 16:38:01 -0000, "Shaun Rimmer" <[email hidden]> blathered:
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First ride in 7 weeks, the longest time I've been off the bike in over a decade.
Good to hear it fella!
Yeah, been running & walking in the hills for the last 3-4 weeks, so not exactly inactive, but still - I was surprised how good it felt on the bike today: getting the rhythym going, feeling the wind in my face, swooping into the turns....this steenking cast comes off towards the end of the week, just hope the weather stays like this so I can point myself north towards the Highlands for a bit.
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to apply the main brake with their left hand? It's just.......wrong.
Some retarded forners I suppose.
What, the same weirdos that drive on the wrong side of the road?
"Ride-A-Lot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:-uGdnZjaPaad6d7dRVn- [email hidden]...
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Then you must be using a helmet just so you can shoot your videos. And all the people you film in your videos are wearing helmets as a fashion statement, right? You don't play the liberal hipocritical fool too well.
Then you must lack critical thinking skills.
Where have I ever claimed that I wear a helemt because I think it's going to save my life?
Where have I ever written that helmets don't offer any portection?
Perhaps you should think about those questions a bit, lest you make yourself look like a fool once again (remember your strident denounciation of people who would be so reckless as to hang their bicycle by the WHEELS?).
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I love how you backpedal. Pete, you're the King. Oh, and I guess the hanging wheel thing is just another myth we don't see eye to eye on. Oh, well.
There's no backpedal doof.
If you think there is one, I would suggest that you read my posts again, and question the ASSUMPTIONS that you have made.
Then read what I wrote again.
"hanging wheel" LOL.
p.s. Do you wear a helmet when you shower and drive your car?
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:14:14 -0500, "Ride-A-Lot" <[email hidden]> blathered:
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>>>>> Keep riding without a helmet and you'll have more than your hand to worry about. Now that >>>>> is really f*ing freaky.
You need to review your attitude towards risk assessment. schnauzers.wsmitchBike280X200.jpgOpen ↗ How can I put this? Your diet's gonna kill you a lot quicker than not wearing a helmet's gonna kill me.
I never claimed to be an expert (very far from it) and yes, diet would probably kill me faster. What can I say, you've been lucky.
No, I've not been lucky. I have considered the evidence and made a decision accordingly - sometimes I wear a helmet and sometimes I don't, depending on the nature of the riding involved.
"p e t e f a g e r l i n" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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"Nelson Binch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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"p e t e f a g e r l i n" <[email hidden]>
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"Nelson Binch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]... > <insert typical anything-Fagerlin-doesn't-like-it's-a-myth right
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Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Very poor form there blubberpuss.
It has nothing to do with what I like or don't like.
It's a fact that very many people believe the "courage for your head"
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think that a helemt will save their lives in serious bike accidents.
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can see why the term causes you distress.
You are the one so invested in whether people believe in something that
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have deemed to be a myth.
Nope.
I merely an amused by folks who believe in myths, and get evangelical
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their silliness.
Like I'm amused by you blubberpuss.
<Joe Pesci> I amuse you? you think I'm funny?</JP>
You're the one sermonizing like Earnest Angley Pete. All I've ever said is based on my experience. Where experience fails I go to the experts and even they can't agree, so everyone just has to make up their own mind.
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First ride in 7 weeks, the longest time I've been off the bike in over a decade. Fettled the bike first, altering lever poitions and swapping the cables round so the front brake is on my left (good) hand. Only riding tarmac for the time being, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Good to see you're back on two wheels, mate.
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to apply the main brake with their left hand? It's just.......wrong.
This Freak, who also rides motorcycles and has no problems with it.
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Keep riding without a helmet and you'll have more than your hand to worry about. Now that is really f*ing freaky.
I always ride pavement without a helmet when commuting, or running around town on the bike. Freaky is good.
The choice to have it on the left probably has a lot to do with motorcycle throttles being on the right.
Except that mo'bike front brakes are on the right. Clutch is the left hand. Makes sense to keep all the braking functions on oe side of the bike, and all the shifting stuff on the other.
[censored], that's right. Obviously its been awhile since I've ridden a motorcycle. Now I really am curious why the front brake is on the left.
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You're the one sermonizing like Earnest Angley Pete.
Uh nope. But if it makes you feel better to believe that have ai it!
If someone is laughing at the person standing on the street corner preaching about the end of the World, are they sermonizing, or just laughing at the poor misguided fool?
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All I've ever said is based on my experience. Where experience fails I go to the experts and even they can't agree, so everyone just has to make up their own mind.
Where experience fails, you've preached on about your myths.
"P e t e F a g e r l i n" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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You're the one sermonizing like Earnest Angley Pete.
Uh nope. But if it makes you feel better to believe that have ai it!
If someone is laughing at the person standing on the street corner preaching about the end of the World, are they sermonizing, or just laughing at the poor misguided fool?
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All I've ever said is based on my experience. Where experience fails I go to the experts and
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they can't agree, so everyone just has to make up their own mind.
Where experience fails, you've preached on about your myths.
It's still very funny.
I'm happy you're so easily amused.
Peace on Dirt, Ya'll
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I never claimed to be an expert (very far from it) and yes, diet would probably kill me faster. What can I say, you've been lucky.
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No, I've not been lucky. I have considered the evidence and made a decision accordingly - sometimes I wear a helmet and sometimes I don't, depending on the nature of the riding involved.
Imagine that, you know your own limitations. You must be Superman.
First ride in 7 weeks, the longest time I've been off the bike in over a decade. Fettled the bike first, altering lever poitions and swapping the cables round so the front brake is on my left (good) hand. Only riding tarmac for the time being, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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to apply the main brake with their left hand? It's just.......wrong.
I thought you Euros ran it right-front. Maybe it's because you're going to do the bulk of your shifting with your right hand, so why not give the left something to do.... Enjoy the scenery, and peace to you too, brother. /s
First ride in 7 weeks, the longest time I've been off the bike in over a decade. Fettled the bike first, altering lever poitions and swapping the cables round so the front brake is on my left (good) hand. Only riding tarmac for the time being, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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to apply the main brake with their left hand? It's just.......wrong.
Keep riding without a helmet and you'll have more than your hand to worry about. Now that is really f*ing freaky.
First ride in 7 weeks, the longest time I've been off the bike in over a decade. Fettled the bike first, altering lever poitions and swapping the cables round so the front brake is on my left (good) hand. Only riding tarmac for the time being, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Makes me think of the spring I spent riding around NYC with my right hand in a splint. I had them make it up special so I could grip the bars, and it worked great.
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to apply the main brake with their left hand? It's just.......wrong.
"BB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message -"]news:[email hidden]- berlin.de...
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On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 10:05:43 -0500, Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>Keep riding without a helmet and you'll have more than your hand to worry about. Now that is >really f*ing freaky.
A significant number of the riders I saw in Europe weren't wearing helmets. Maybe its just in the US that people feel the overwhelming need to control others' helmet-wearing.
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Wrong Pete. They do and did for me. I've got the cracked in half helmet and intact head to prove it.
You're funny. I too used to succumb to the helmet saves lives myth. Free your head, your mind will follow.
