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02-16-2004, 01:21 PM

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 23:21:29 GMT, "cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote
in message <Z9TXb.43303$_44.39766@attbi_s52>:

>>> When I buy a folding bike it will be a Brompton.

>So sue me, I love gears. A three speed would be tough on Seattle
>hills.

So get a T6 and fit a Mountain Drive. You won't run out of gears on
that!

>> 88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at the University
>of Washington.

>85% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Ah, the 88% figure has a Special Significance though ;-)

Guy
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88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at the University of Washington.

02-16-2004, 08:10 PM

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>. ..

If you're going to spend that kind of money, you'd be better off with
a Bike Friday. Won't fold as fast or as small, but will ride a hell
of a lot better.

> Now this is one area where I really can't see eye to eye with the
> Great One. I used to ride on of those horrors when I was a kid - it
> was my sister's. It was totalled by the woman who came closest
> anybody has yet to killing me, in my worst-ever crash. There were two
> redeeming features of this crash: it paid for my new Dawes Galaxy and
> my sister got a Peugeot sports bike out of it.
>
> When I buy a folding bike it will be a Brompton.
>
> Guy
> ===
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> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
> 88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at the University of Washington.

02-16-2004, 08:10 PM

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>. ..

If you're going to spend that kind of money, you'd be better off with
a Bike Friday. Won't fold as fast or as small, but will ride a hell
of a lot better.

> Now this is one area where I really can't see eye to eye with the
> Great One. I used to ride on of those horrors when I was a kid - it
> was my sister's. It was totalled by the woman who came closest
> anybody has yet to killing me, in my worst-ever crash. There were two
> redeeming features of this crash: it paid for my new Dawes Galaxy and
> my sister got a Peugeot sports bike out of it.
>
> When I buy a folding bike it will be a Brompton.
>
> Guy
> ===
> May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
> 88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at the University of Washington.

02-16-2004, 10:17 PM

On 16 Feb 2004 20:10:08 -0800, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Kaputnik)
wrote:

>If you're going to spend that kind of money, you'd be better off with
>a Bike Friday. Won't fold as fast or as small, but will ride a hell
>of a lot better.

But what if his criteria are for a fast-folding, small-folding,
folding bicycle? the Bike Friday doesn't help him much there.

The Brompton is ideal for rail commuting--ride it to the station,
wheel it to the platform, fold it up and carry it like a briefcase
onto a sardine-can commuter train carriage..

Horses for courses; Bromptons for trains.

-Luigi
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02-16-2004, 10:17 PM

On 16 Feb 2004 20:10:08 -0800, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Kaputnik)
wrote:

>If you're going to spend that kind of money, you'd be better off with
>a Bike Friday. Won't fold as fast or as small, but will ride a hell
>of a lot better.

But what if his criteria are for a fast-folding, small-folding,
folding bicycle? the Bike Friday doesn't help him much there.

The Brompton is ideal for rail commuting--ride it to the station,
wheel it to the platform, fold it up and carry it like a briefcase
onto a sardine-can commuter train carriage..

Horses for courses; Bromptons for trains.

-Luigi
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Photos, Rants, Raves