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One armed cyclist fined for having just 1 brake lever

Old 07-20-14, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by rydabent
Giving that cyclist a ticket is so lame. What about some fixie riders that have no brakes, or as someone mentioned a bike with just a rear wheel coaster brake? Just last week I ran into a fixie rider that had no brakes at all.
germany is very anti fixies..

even here in dutchieland, using JUST one coaster brake is totally legal, replacing that coater with a disc brake and its verboten! dumb ancient laws
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Old 07-20-14, 12:21 PM
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rydabent, After you rode into the risk seeking fixie rider were there injuries?
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I really don,t understand the issue. The policeman made an honest mistake, and it was corrected. Cops are human, just like the rest of us. What's the big deal????
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