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Old 11-30-08 | 03:23 PM
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Old 11-30-08 | 03:24 PM
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I am a deprived child; my mother never got me a Zen Collection (tm) bassinet.
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Old 11-30-08 | 03:34 PM
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brakeless zen?
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Old 11-30-08 | 03:35 PM
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There's a really tasty local fast food (sort of) chain here called Zen. They let you eat out of real dishes with real utensils and have a spicy chicken bowl for $5.

When I'm headed there, I barely touch my brakes because I don't want anything to keep me from that delicious fake Japanese food.
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Old 11-30-08 | 03:38 PM
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brakeless zen?
Not to mention the two-legged tarckstand.
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Old 11-30-08 | 03:47 PM
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^^ no foot retention
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Old 11-30-08 | 03:51 PM
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^^ no foot retention
He's a Jamaican bird. Jamaican skidz, duh.
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Old 11-30-08 | 03:52 PM
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^^ no foot retention
clipless talons
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Old 11-30-08 | 04:30 PM
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I hear if you get rid of foot retention along with your brake you get mad zen + girlies.
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Old 11-30-08 | 05:29 PM
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Old 11-30-08 | 06:50 PM
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lolz 2 pages
Therez yer farkin zen...
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Old 11-30-08 | 07:47 PM
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in my three long years on bf this subject comes up again and again. seems to me that it is certain braked (?) riders that have something to prove
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Old 11-30-08 | 07:51 PM
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you mean brakeless?
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Old 12-02-08 | 01:10 AM
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i used to have a front brake, it messed up my aerodynamics. i took it off. now i fly through the streets of philadelphia (sung like the boss) and get way more fly honeys (read: babesters). i filled the hole in my fork with human lymphocytes (healing powers) and dharma (jenna elfman) and achieved zen.
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Old 12-02-08 | 01:31 AM
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Old 12-02-08 | 04:12 AM
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yes of course I feel safer with no brakes - going very slowly! thats the whole point of brakes, you can go faster and if you keep your wits about you, its still safe. except, not as safe as going slow...
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Old 12-02-08 | 04:23 AM
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No brakes, no mistakes!
What a load of crap that is. Everyone makes mistakes, no matter how good they are or whether they have brakes or not.
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Old 12-02-08 | 05:03 AM
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i used to have a front brake, it messed up my aerodynamics. i took it off. now i fly through the streets of philadelphia (sung like the boss) and get way more fly honeys (read: babesters). i filled the hole in my fork with human lymphocytes (healing powers) and dharma (jenna elfman) and achieved zen.
this was ****ing genius. lulz jenna elfman.
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Old 12-02-08 | 09:50 AM
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What a load of crap that is. Everyone makes mistakes, no matter how good they are or whether they have brakes or not.
I believe it should read "No brakes? NO MISTAKES!!! YOU WILL ****ING DIE!!!"
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Old 12-02-08 | 09:57 AM
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There are guys here that ride brakeless and do it safe. I have too many hills on my path to feel safe without one. That and they outlawed it here. Other than that, if I lived in a semi-flat area, or even an area without death hills I would go brakeless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idj_eKSORg8

Other than that, there is a Zen's pizza...
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Old 12-02-08 | 10:35 AM
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IDEA!!!
Have a brake, but ignore it, except for an emergency!
OMG I'm a genius.
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Old 12-02-08 | 12:10 PM
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wait i get it now, tight pink shirt + riding for more than one year = zen.
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Old 12-02-08 | 12:12 PM
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OMG!!!

you just opened our eyes

can we end this now?
brakeless riders know the score and assume the risk. now can we all STFU about it?
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Old 12-02-08 | 01:55 PM
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Old 12-02-08 | 01:57 PM
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everytime somebody argues about having brakes on your bike, god kills 5 small cute animals
My God also eats them.
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