Originally Posted by Brian
And I don't buy the argument that even normal bikes have mechanical issues. No one has had to push their bike home due to an issue they were unable to diagnose. Flats can be fixed, broken chains are rare. There is hardly any mystery to how a bicycle works.
I see plenty of people pushing their bikes home all the time. Flats are the most common problems. I sometimes run into people with snapped brake/derailleur cables, broken chains, bent wheels and so on.
Maybe they should all just dump their bikes and get rollerblades instead.
