"Look Ma!, No Brakes"

In article . com,
"Steven" wrote:

On Mar 7, 5:15 pm, DougC wrote:
Paul J. Berg wrote:
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Oregon Senate Bill 729 would exempt fixed-gear bikes from a law
requiring that bicycles on public roads have brakes.

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Yea but does what Oregon say even matter? According to the C.P.S.C.
website,

CFR title 16 1512.5 Requirements for braking system.
(a) Braking system. Bicycles shall be equipped with front- and
rear-wheel brakes or rear-wheel brakes only.

Are the CPSC regulations on goods sold, or on what may be used?
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Why do you not want a brake unless you own a unicycle? Somebody's
sneaking some stuff in with it, take a better look?

My unicycle has a brake on it. Well, the big one does, anyway.

..max

Don Homuth wrote:
On 7 Mar 2007 17:07:45 -0800, "Steven"
wrote:

So WHAT is the purpose of the bill, REALLY?

To make legal what is presently not - operating a bicycle with no
manual brake on streets.

Why stop there? How about motorcycles without brakes? Cars?
Semi-trailers?

Bill "FOOT FREEDOM FOR EVERYONE" S.

Bill Baka wrote:
Bill Sornson wrote:
gatt wrote:
"DougC" wrote in message
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Paul J. Berg wrote:
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Oregon Senate Bill 729 would exempt fixed-gear bikes from a law
requiring that bicycles on public roads have brakes.
Is a "fixed-gear" bike basically a one-speed? That's sort of like
requiring brakes on a tricycle or a Big Wheel, right?

"We clocked your kid at two miles an hour! In a frickin' school
zone!"

You've obviously never heard The Legend of Little Billy Baka! (He
did 65 mph on a trike...twice!)

Bill "got a ticket that proves it, too (save for that pesky
producing it part)" S.


I am getting so tired of hearing that. I coasted that hill with a car
and barely hit 25 MPH, so maybe 20 on a trike. Whatever the few die
hard idiots think, I did it at 4, or maybe at best 5 years old. Did
you do anything exciting at 4 or 5? Probably not. The small town cops
knew me well enough to know where to take me home.
And the 160-170++ on a motorcycle is real, but I learned not to sit up
at those speeds, because the wind made me pull back on the bars so
hard I had no steering.
Live life, don't rag on me for having had the nards to actually do it.
Wimps.
Bill Baka

I literally have tears rolling down my cheeks. YOU'RE THE BEST, IRON
BILL!!!

Bill "deep thanks" S.

Bill Sornson wrote:
Don Homuth wrote:
On 7 Mar 2007 17:07:45 -0800, "Steven"
wrote:

So WHAT is the purpose of the bill, REALLY?

To make legal what is presently not - operating a bicycle with no
manual brake on streets.

Why stop there? How about motorcycles without brakes? Cars?
Semi-trailers?

Bill "FOOT FREEDOM FOR EVERYONE" S.

There may still be a few messengers out
there on freewheel bikes with no brakes,
using their shoes to stop. Pure Flintstone
action. There was one kid in my city who
did this for about a week just for fun. He
was accompanied everywhere by the smell
of molten rubber. Now that's Americana.

Robert

Bill Sornson wrote:
Don Homuth wrote:
On 7 Mar 2007 17:07:45 -0800, "Steven"
wrote:

So WHAT is the purpose of the bill, REALLY?

To make legal what is presently not - operating a bicycle with no
manual brake on streets.

Why stop there? How about motorcycles without brakes? Cars?
Semi-trailers?


What would fixed gear cyclists have to say, if the law didn't required
motor vehicles to have working brake lights or turn signals?

"Paul J. Berg" wrote:



Bill Sornson wrote:
Don Homuth wrote:
On 7 Mar 2007 17:07:45 -0800, "Steven"
wrote:

So WHAT is the purpose of the bill, REALLY?

To make legal what is presently not - operating a bicycle with no
manual brake on streets.

Why stop there? How about motorcycles without brakes? Cars?
Semi-trailers?


What would fixed gear cyclists have to say, if the law didn't required
motor vehicles to have working brake lights or turn signals?



MMMFFFFFFF!!

"Paul J. Berg" wrote in message
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Oregon Senate Bill 729 would exempt fixed-gear bikes from a law
requiring that bicycles on public roads have brakes.

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That's a bad idea.

On Mar 8, 3:45 am, "Gooserider" wrote:
"Paul J. Berg" wrote in ...

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Oregon Senate Bill 729 would exempt fixed-gear bikes from a law
requiring that bicycles on public roads have brakes.

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That's a bad idea.

I didn't require 20 posts to think so either.

On Mar 7, 5:54 pm, "gatt" wrote:
"DougC" wrote in message

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Paul J. Berg wrote:
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Oregon Senate Bill 729 would exempt fixed-gear bikes from a law
requiring that bicycles on public roads have brakes.

Is a "fixed-gear" bike basically a one-speed? That's sort of like
requiring brakes on a tricycle or a Big Wheel, right?

NO, fixed gear ala track bike, no coasting. Single spped technically a
single speed freewheel, coasting possible, brakes essential. Not
really with a fixie altho at least one brake smart, IMO.

"We clocked your kid at two miles an hour! In a frickin' school zone!"

-c

In article , Paul J.
Berg wrote:

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Oregon Senate Bill 729 would exempt fixed-gear bikes from a law
requiring that bicycles on public roads have brakes.


So what? Fixed-gear bikes don't really need brakes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-gear_bicycle
"Because there is no freewheel mechanism, fixed gear bicycles cannot
coast. Whenever the rear wheel is turning, the pedals turn in the same
direction. By resisting the forward motion of the pedals, a rider is
able to slow the bike to a stop, without the aid of a brake."

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