Bike Safety: "Never ride a bike when it's wet outside!" - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

11-04-2004, 05:18 PM

Is this the next front in the anti-bicycling war, the war to protect us
from ourselves?

On leaving the office today, I saw the guy with the milk crate on the
back rack had bought a new bike - or, perhaps, someone new had taken
over his usual parking place.

I didn't recognize the bike's brand name, so I went over for a closer
look. Seemed to be "A2F" with the "2" as a superscript (as in
"squared"), model seemed to be "Barracuda." New to me.

Then I saw the sticker on the top tube:

"Caution!" [Uh-oh]

"Never ride a bike at night without lights!" [OK, good advice.]

"Never ride a bike without an ANSI, ASTM or Snell approved helmet!"
[Well, you _know_ what I think about that.]

"Never ride a bike when it's wet outside!" [??????????]

I suppose it's just a matter of time before fenders are made illegal.
We can't keep condoning, let alone supporting, such irresponsible
behavior!

And you folks in the Pacific Northwest - just give it up, OK? Get
yourself an SUV like God intended!

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Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com,
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