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Tom Sherman
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Former RANS V-Rex rider Rex Kerr wrote:
> A coworker has a SWB USS recumbent in the office... it's longer than
> the wall between his cube and the neighboring cube. A few minutes ago I
> was there talking about some issue and when I turn to leave I hit the
> extended chainring with my knee. My "catch the falling bike!" instinct
> kicks in and I go to grab it and drive a chainring tooth deep into the
> soft tissue between my thumb and forefinger.
>
> OUCH! Now blood is dripping all over!!
>
> See, if it'd been a DF bike that wouldn't have happened! First, it
> would have fit in the space provided like the dozens of other bikes
> around here, and second the chainring would have been in a safer
> location!!!
>
> Just trolling...
You are being punished by the Gods of RANS for your loss of faith.
The exposed chain wheels are there to punish the clumsy. They also serve
to shift the advantage from pedestrian to cyclist in a collision (the
pedestrian almost always wins in an upright bicycle to pedestrian
collision).
--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"And never forget, life ultimately makes failures of all people." A. Derleth
> A coworker has a SWB USS recumbent in the office... it's longer than
> the wall between his cube and the neighboring cube. A few minutes ago I
> was there talking about some issue and when I turn to leave I hit the
> extended chainring with my knee. My "catch the falling bike!" instinct
> kicks in and I go to grab it and drive a chainring tooth deep into the
> soft tissue between my thumb and forefinger.
>
> OUCH! Now blood is dripping all over!!
>
> See, if it'd been a DF bike that wouldn't have happened! First, it
> would have fit in the space provided like the dozens of other bikes
> around here, and second the chainring would have been in a safer
> location!!!
>
> Just trolling...
You are being punished by the Gods of RANS for your loss of faith.
The exposed chain wheels are there to punish the clumsy. They also serve
to shift the advantage from pedestrian to cyclist in a collision (the
pedestrian almost always wins in an upright bicycle to pedestrian
collision).
--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"And never forget, life ultimately makes failures of all people." A. Derleth