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08-14-11, 03:05 PM

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Neil_B

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Working brakes are a good thing. I went down an 11 per cent grade outside Meadville, PA, in June, and I'm glad I could do a controlled descent. Especially since the shoulder was littered with road kill and I was swerving around drainage grates.

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