Originally Posted by
patentcad
The kickstand may be a bit over the top, but it does appear necessary in this particular application. I like it. Actually, that bicycle might benefit from a motorcycle-style center stand.
LOL !
A lot of stuff in the panniers.
He always has duct tape. Twice, he has shown up at the bike shop after patching a tube by wrapping duct tape around the tube and riding 10 miles on it. I would not have believed it, but, I saw one of them.
I think he uses 5 locks (not kidding) after finding someone trying to steal his front wheel at work. He wrestled the wheel away from them (2 of them) and called the cops, the thieves were caught.
Originally Posted by crtreedude
No doubt, commuters can be scary. After about 3 months of regular commuting, your body starts to respond and you start doing things you didn't think you were capable of.
Very true. He's been doing this for years, about eight that I know of. I usually run across him in the afternoon when he is coming home from work. He is
always going as fast as he can. I estimate he does about 20 miles at top speed 5 days a week.