9/19/00
joel metz, ifbma/sfbma

19:35:00

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more Re: Brakes are for Flakes

Body

>What are you an idiot?. Bikes without brakes is stupid, they are meant

>for track.So do not call anybody a flake for being a little safer than

>you. When you make the Olympics then you can open your uneducated mind .



uneducated mind.

idiot.

stupid.



you know, these are *all* words/phrases i would *never* use to describe

scrooge, who is perhaps one of the best, most in-control, safest, and most

sensible fixie riders i know, brakes or no brakes.



especially considering that among his admonitions were suggestions to:



a) forget skidding and learn how to *stop*



b) use clip-and-strap pedals rather than clipless, for safety and control



c) "slow down and ride with *sense*"



all of which make sense, brakes or no brakes.



-joel

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i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,

after she got that bicycle...
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