This is covered by a rule Velominions forgot, viz: "bicycles are athletic equipment. You must never, under any circumstances, use a bicycle for transportation."
Uh oh. An unwritten rule through which context all other rules must be read. Guess it's back to just being some guy on a bike in a monsoon thunderstorm.
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gugie: Above comment notwithstanding, anyone who rides all seasons up there is a badass. Period. Fenders or no.
[MENTION=45088]nlerner[/MENTION]: That does show the difference in tone between the two. Once you get past the top-level words, you get "learn/like" versus "may/must." It's not just the 41... it's the
Authoritarian 41. 
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