fake coaster brake
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fake coaster brake
anybody tried this? i thought of it to dodge bike brake laws by just attaching a small piece of metal to the chainstay and making it look like a coaster brake
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I think it could work. Just start riding and lock your legs and enter a skid. Just say it was your coaster brake doing the work. Although any cop wise enough to notice you don't have brakes may not fall for such simple trick.
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whoa whoa, guys, calm down. i wasn't actually considering this, i live in a rural town where we only have 5 paid officers anyways so my chances of getting stopped on a bike for anything other than looking like a quearmosexual is very unlikely. it just seemed like an interesting idea and was wondering if anyone had already done it.
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I had to laugh at this, since honestly I don't ride as often as most people on this forum.
But in all seriousness, the only time I ever got "pulled over" on my bike was when I was already stopped. Most cops in my area don't pull over cyclists anyway, and when they do try to it's only when they too are mounted on bikes. This is also rare, as it only happens for two days (Hall of Fame Weekend) in the summer. Needless to say, they are out of shape and have 20lbs of lights and crap on their bikes. I wasn't trying to sound cool over the internet by writing what you quoted me saying.
But in all seriousness, the only time I ever got "pulled over" on my bike was when I was already stopped. Most cops in my area don't pull over cyclists anyway, and when they do try to it's only when they too are mounted on bikes. This is also rare, as it only happens for two days (Hall of Fame Weekend) in the summer. Needless to say, they are out of shape and have 20lbs of lights and crap on their bikes. I wasn't trying to sound cool over the internet by writing what you quoted me saying.
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