Originally Posted by Barabaika
Let me ask.
Is your girlfriend American?
Born and raised
Originally Posted by Barabaika
Does she know how to drive a stick shift car?
Indeed she does.
Originally Posted by Barabaika
The answer is no for 90% of American women.
I love these percentages. My turn. 90% of all percentages on the internet are false.
Originally Posted by Barabaika
How does she use her hand shifters and brakes when she holds a coffee cup and a cell phone in her hands?
Shows what you know. She doesn't drink coffee and she almost never uses the cell phone. To further illustrate how little she uses the cell phone, she has a Virgin Mobile prepaid phone. As you may or may not know Virgin requires you to purchase minutes at least once every 90 days. She has never run out of minutes purchasing only a $20 block every 90 days.
Originally Posted by Barabaika
A bike with Shimano Coasting, that's what Americans need.
I just LOVE 
being told WHAT I NEED, by someone who can't even get their facts straight. 58 year old baby boomers and beginning cyclists are not indicative of American Cyclists. In fact with minor instruction nearly any one can learn to use shifters and hand brakes.
Originally Posted by Barabaika
So you say that hand brakes are much superior in a bike that average Joe, who ignores maintenance, rides? Misaligned and worn out screaking brake pads, frayed cables, wet rims(are we talking about commuters?).
Again more generalizations. Wet rims haven't been a real issue since aluminum rims became the standard. Let's take the rim brake out of the equation just for a laugh. There are several other hand brake options, the lowest maintenance of them is the Roller Brake.
Originally Posted by Barabaika
Also, I talked about intersections that you must be cautious about when you go downhill in the city streets.
While I appreciate your misguided concern. Riding down hill is far more dangerous on a coaster brake bike than on one with hand brakes.
Originally Posted by Barabaika
Why should I apologise?
Gee I don't know, for your ignorant sexist, blatantly false remarks?
Originally Posted by Barabaika
90% American women doesn't know how to drive a stick shift car.
That's funny since 80% of the American women I know CAN
Originally Posted by Barabaika
75% American men doesn't know and have no will to drive a stick shift car.
Again hilarious! Especially since I and most of the guys I know can and/or do drive manual cars.
Originally Posted by Barabaika
Neither know they how to handle geared bikes.
Further garbage. Of the people I mentioned only about half are active cyclists (who ride multi speed hand braked bikes with great proficiency) and the other half are intelligent enough to learn with or with out instruction
Originally Posted by Barabaika
So what? They need automatic, low-maintenance bikes.
So the crux of your arguement is based on the "Fat, lazy American" stereotype? 
Good one. Now for a few generalizations of my own:- Anyone who would take the time to come to a bike website such as Bikeforums and ask honest questions is certainly showing enough initiative to shed the lazy tag
- Anyone who starts commuting on a regular basis does start to experience weight loss.
- People who won't disclose their location, though it's obvious they've never lived in America, love to use spurious stereotypes to paint a picture to fit their false notions rather than obtaining the facts.
Originally Posted by Barabaika
Sure, the British have to know how to drive stick in order to obtain a driver's license.
Whoopity doo. What's your point?
So far you've thrown bogus percentages and generalizations at us, managed to insult every woman on the board (as well as anyone who knows a woman), and spewed false information on a inferior brake. You are a magnificent troll.
Last edited by Raiyn; 05-24-07 at 06:00 PM.