Originally Posted by
disconnec
Uh, simmer down.
Obviously you missed the part where he opened his reply to my post by condescendingly playing down my 9/11 injury. My response was me simmering down.
Originally Posted by
acoldspoon
Post 9/11 injury, my back isn't what it was when I was 21. Drops and bull horns are going to beat my back up too much for NYC riding. I'm switching to risers.
Originally Posted by
Boss Moniker
Please, please don't put risers on this bike. I realize you have a bit of a back problem, but if you just run bullhorns or road drops you get about the same upright position without butchering a classic bike.
While the rest of his post was 2nd hand techno babble from a kid with no first hand experience, his first statement was beyond the pale. While I'm glad to have walked away from the WTC with my relatively minor injury as opposed to having been killed or maimed, this kid has no place commenting on his take on a First Responder's injury or the severity of it. You have to walk the walk if you are going to do that. And I've walked it enough times. This is all I'm going to say on the matter. I shouldn't have to say more.
I used to know a Gulf War vet who installed an automatic transmission and a modern drivers seat in his classic 1960's Mustang after returning home injured from Iraq. I never heard a classic car guy have any issue with this. We should be no different as fixed gear riders. Our sport, which I was taking part in before the poster I took issue with was born, needs to be more accessible, not less. Style is one thing, fascism is another.