I hope this was a fluke!
10-26-07 | 05:31 PM
#27
"demonstrate a skid on dry pavement"
The original post states:
"He said he comming to a light and skidded to a stop in plenty of time for the intersection..."
You could of course get some brakes like my now-stolen mountain bike had, that couldn't possibly skid anything and required some advance planning to stop. But, they LOOKED like brakes!
The original post states:
"He said he comming to a light and skidded to a stop in plenty of time for the intersection..."
You could of course get some brakes like my now-stolen mountain bike had, that couldn't possibly skid anything and required some advance planning to stop. But, they LOOKED like brakes!
10-26-07 | 06:47 PM
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srsly, what kind of idiot doesn't put a brake on their bike? ..If you only ride your bike to and from the velodrome, then yeah okay. . -what you have there is a 'track bike'.. But if you are riding brakeless in city traffic, then surely you are an idiot who deserves the fine. Who's going to be paying your freaking hospital bills - when you are stuck in a vegetative state because you were too cheap to buy a brake?? ..Yeah, and I bet you don't even wear a helmet. No brake, no helmet.. Somebody should really cut your balls off before you are able to raise more little ppl to think as you do.
10-26-07 | 06:50 PM
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srsly, what kind of idiot doesn't put a brake on their bike? ..If you only ride your bike to and from the velodrome, then yeah okay. . -what you have there is a 'track bike'.. But if you are riding brakeless in city traffic, then surely you are an idiot who deserves the fine. Who's going to be paying your freaking hospital bills - when you are stuck in a vegetative state because you were too cheap to buy a brake?? ..Yeah, and I bet you don't even wear a helmet. No brake, no helmet.. Somebody should really cut your balls off before you are able to raise more little ppl to think as you do.
OP, just take a pic with yer bike with a brake and stay out of cops view. Good luck.
10-26-07 | 08:10 PM
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srsly, what kind of idiot doesn't put a brake on their bike? ..If you only ride your bike to and from the velodrome, then yeah okay. . -what you have there is a 'track bike'.. But if you are riding brakeless in city traffic, then surely you are an idiot who deserves the fine. Who's going to be paying your freaking hospital bills - when you are stuck in a vegetative state because you were too cheap to buy a brake?? ..Yeah, and I bet you don't even wear a helmet. No brake, no helmet.. Somebody should really cut your balls off before you are able to raise more little ppl to think as you do.
10-26-07 | 09:02 PM
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i think nickatina has mentioned this in a previous thread before but honestly,
just learn to skid sitting down and tell the cop you have a coaster brake.
he/she isnt going to apprehend your bicycle and check whether or not you're telling the truth.
that would be insanely funny though.
or just get a front brake
just learn to skid sitting down and tell the cop you have a coaster brake.
he/she isnt going to apprehend your bicycle and check whether or not you're telling the truth.
that would be insanely funny though.
or just get a front brake
10-26-07 | 10:26 PM
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Riding brakeless in Oregon is an instant ticket, unless you have a stick with "BRAKE" written on it, then you'll just get a written warning.
10-27-07 | 12:45 PM
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It shouldnt be about laws though. I dont want people putting a front brake on because 'the man' told them to. They should do it because safety is more important than getting that head nod from the other brakeless hipster that rolls by you.
10-27-07 | 01:18 PM
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WHY NOT JUST PUT A FOCKING BRAKE ON YOUR BIKE?
What is the big f*cing deal here? Am I missing something?
IF YOU HAVE A BRAKE, YOU CAN STILL SKID STOP.
Go to hell with all this fashion bike bullsh!it. Yes, I have a track bike (sans brake)...but it's drilled for brakes and I will slap one on there in a second if I need to, no problem. I ride it around parks and velodromes.No big deal. I also have a geared bike, MTB, etc.
Enjoy your $90 fashion tax...or the much worse $X amount medical bill/Darwin award/tombstone.
What is the big f*cing deal here? Am I missing something?
IF YOU HAVE A BRAKE, YOU CAN STILL SKID STOP.
Go to hell with all this fashion bike bullsh!it. Yes, I have a track bike (sans brake)...but it's drilled for brakes and I will slap one on there in a second if I need to, no problem. I ride it around parks and velodromes.No big deal. I also have a geared bike, MTB, etc.
Enjoy your $90 fashion tax...or the much worse $X amount medical bill/Darwin award/tombstone.
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10-27-07 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by from another forum (op wants a recommendation for a good hat)
actually, you should be wearing a helmet.
Originally Posted by The OP
I agree. I had a pretty opinion changing experience today. One of the links in my chain snapped as I was pedaling downhill on a very steep hill. Having no breaks I was literally out of control accelerating downhill. I managed to steer onto grass along the road and eventually up a small hill where I successfully bailed off the bike.
I wasn't injured, but it was a very eye-opening experience. Tomorrow I'm going to buy a new chain (tonight I went nuts online to trackosaurusrex.com/ and eventually to biciconcepts.com/custompad.html for a custom pad and some other gear) from the locally owned coop downtown and see about getting a front break and also some new toe clips as I snapped my left one in the accident. Not so bad as I break usually with my right foot anywhoo.
Skidding is pretty fun. You can get really creative and swerve around corners and the like. It's a lot of fun. I like it and definitely practice around Santa Cruz, a very ideal spot scene wise and super bike friendly. It takes a certain degree of control, but I like the challenge of trying to get better at that skill.
In any case, bikes with normal gears and derailleurs and the like feel awkward to me now. I'm used to the motion of constant pedaling. I like being able go fast and I like my fixie. CATCH THE FIXED GEAR FEVER, BROTHER.
I wasn't injured, but it was a very eye-opening experience. Tomorrow I'm going to buy a new chain (tonight I went nuts online to trackosaurusrex.com/ and eventually to biciconcepts.com/custompad.html for a custom pad and some other gear) from the locally owned coop downtown and see about getting a front break and also some new toe clips as I snapped my left one in the accident. Not so bad as I break usually with my right foot anywhoo.
Skidding is pretty fun. You can get really creative and swerve around corners and the like. It's a lot of fun. I like it and definitely practice around Santa Cruz, a very ideal spot scene wise and super bike friendly. It takes a certain degree of control, but I like the challenge of trying to get better at that skill.
In any case, bikes with normal gears and derailleurs and the like feel awkward to me now. I'm used to the motion of constant pedaling. I like being able go fast and I like my fixie. CATCH THE FIXED GEAR FEVER, BROTHER.
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10-27-07 | 03:55 PM
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Well it looks like the cops taking law into their own hands (after all if you can skid stop you meet the laws requirements) has transcended from PDX down to Eugene.
The whole issue with it here is documented here very well: https://bikeportland.org/cats/news/fixed-gear-ruling/
The whole issue with it here is documented here very well: https://bikeportland.org/cats/news/fixed-gear-ruling/
10-27-07 | 04:02 PM
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Just because piggies ride around in cars with brakes does not mean someone who knows how to operate a bicycle properly cannot stop. Don't ever stop and talk to them, make them chase you and see if they can catch up. I know I can get to places a car cannot.
10-28-07 | 03:12 AM
#47
So yesterday my roomate gets home and tells me of his crappy day which included a citation for not having brakes on his bike. He said he comming to a light and skidded to a stop in plenty of time for the intersection and happended to come up next to a cop. The cop says hey does that thing have brakes?
i had some fixed idiot almost run into my car last week while trying to pull some dumb assed skid, in an area i ride all the time, and can honestly say, there was no need for such a skid other than trying to show off, which i have no problem with given space and place, but in the middle of traffic, almost making me hit him was probably not that place...
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10-28-07 | 07:15 AM
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One of the best things I ever read on bikesnob:
"In the documentary category comes this hard-hitting expose. The hypocrisy of the "system" is ultimately exposed when she demonstrates that she can stop almost as quickly as a bike with a coaster brake--in other words she can go from 10mph to a dead stop in less than 20 yards."
(https://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2007...gear-film.html)
"In the documentary category comes this hard-hitting expose. The hypocrisy of the "system" is ultimately exposed when she demonstrates that she can stop almost as quickly as a bike with a coaster brake--in other words she can go from 10mph to a dead stop in less than 20 yards."
(https://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2007...gear-film.html)
10-28-07 | 12:43 PM
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so was it one of those "hey look at me, i can ride brakeless fishtailing trying to pop the back tire skids" that it seems like everyone's doing these days, or was it a controlled skip/skid to stop, trying not to scream out to everyone, "look at me..." ending with endless trackstanding trying to be the ****?
i had some fixed idiot almost run into my car last week while trying to pull some dumb assed skid, in an area i ride all the time, and can honestly say, there was no need for such a skid other than trying to show off, which i have no problem with given space and place, but in the middle of traffic, almost making me hit him was probably not that place...
i had some fixed idiot almost run into my car last week while trying to pull some dumb assed skid, in an area i ride all the time, and can honestly say, there was no need for such a skid other than trying to show off, which i have no problem with given space and place, but in the middle of traffic, almost making me hit him was probably not that place...