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Old August 9th 04, 11:22 PM
Mike Causer
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On Saturday I took the Speed Ross around to let an old workmate have a
go. He's a reasonably experienced cyclist with two, maybe three,
working uprights available. And he has his wife's permission to look at
a 'bent although more likely to be a trike than a two-wheeler.

When we returned from wobbling down a country road (he wobbled on the
Ross & I wobbled on his "GT" hybrid 'cos he's 20cm taller than me and I
couldn't quite reach the pedals...) a friend of his whose kids were
doing their best to distribute the contents of the swimming pool over
various parents, in-laws and dogs, said

"How do you jump off one of those?"

"I don't jump off. Why would I want to jump off?"

"If you meet a car coming the other way -- you've got be able to jump
off."

thinks No, I see car, hear car, observe car's behaviour, take action
in plenty of time. /thinks

"I've never even considered jumping off a bike, why should I need to?"

"I wouldn't ride a bike I can't jump off. You're very brave to ride
that thing. I take my hat off to you."


Where I live is heavily farmed. There are tractors with spikey
things fore, aft and athwartships; we've got ponies, riding horses,
plough horses and race horses worth a thousand times the value of my
house. We've got 40 tonne trucks full of sugar beet and a schedule to
meet; we've got the usual idiots in people-carriers (minivans), 4x4s,
SUVs, and BMWs. None of these have ever given me cause to think of
jumping off. Swearing yes, waving hello yes, admiring a well-filled
pair of riding jodpurs yes, but not jumping off my bike.


So why should I consider the ease of jumping off when buying a bike?



Mike

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Old August 11th 04, 12:44 AM
Edd Brady
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Mike Causer wrote in message ...

So why should I consider the ease of jumping off when buying a bike?


Hello Mike,
I haven't heard that since the days of riding a track bike with
fixed gear sans brakes on the street. Old timers would talk about the
chain breaking or coming off while going downhill "You'd have to know
how to jump off the back of that thing, Lad!"
Tell your friend you have two brakes and no longer need to jump
off.

thanks for the old memory,

Edd
 




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