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09-19-14, 04:57 PM

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Brian Ratliff

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Originally Posted by 3alarmer

...well of course. I'm only stating that relying on "swerving" and/or "shouting get out of the way" as your fallback is defective from the outset.

I'm not a big fan of our Strava hero here in California, either. I'm not eager to jump to conclusions,
but the picture in the Gothamist sorta is not real likely to win friends and influence people.

#toomuchRaphanotenoughsense

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Originally Posted by canam73

There is difference between your example where a person was correctly identified and your implication that the man in this case is not. Tell me you know this.

And look at how much you have now wrote only because I gave an explanation of why the guy wearing Rapha doesn't look like he was just in a bike accident. What is so troubling about that to you?

Context. It was 3alarmer's post that got that conversation started. Remember?

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