Kerrigan,
Perhaps it's because my concussion isn't healed yet, or maybe I'm just out of touch at 57, but I cannot figure out your abbreviation.
What is a PBR, please?
Thanks,
Jon who is ignorant but curious in Alameda, CA USA
On Oct 13, 2009, at 8:29 PM, <classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org>
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> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:22:13 +0000
> From: "K.R. Bennett" <kerriganbennett@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [CR] fixie fad?
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> Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 20:44:55, Dmitry Yaitskov wrote:
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>> Could you please explain how using brakes on a fixed gear bike is
>> more
>> likely to cause one to go over the bars than using same brakes on a
>> freewheeling bike?
>
> Dmitry, that's easy. It's because when you're riding a fixie,
> you'll be required to attempt a no-handed track stand while
> hoisting a PBR with one hand and flipping the bird to real or
> imagined onlookers with the other. While wearing a white belt and
> trucker hat, naturally. Grabbing for a handful of brake in that
> situation is just plain foolish.
>
> Kerrigan Bennett
> Pleasant Hill, CA USA
> Where I'm going home to finish putting together my fixed gear road
> trainer (track dropouts, brakes, and bottle braze-ons). I call it
> NJ-esque!