Re: ANOTHER Mountain Biker Death

On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 19:57:58 +1000, "Landy" <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"Mike Vandeman" <mjvande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 15:50:34 +1000, "Landy" <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>"Mike Vandeman" <mjvande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:06:49 -0700 (PDT), "maguahiker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> <maguahiker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>mike, What's your opinion of cops on Mountain bikes in cities and
>>>>>congested areas where they can sneak up on criminals, etc to prevent
>>>>>harm to others?
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>>>> It's idiotic to ride a mountain bike in the city, for which road
bikes
>>>> are designed. DUH!
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>>>I ride my mountain bike almost exclusively in town on tar toads. 
Reasons?
>>>They are far less prone to punctures, just for starters.
>>>So DUH yourself.
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>> And have much greater rolling resistance....
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>Beats fixing a puncture every couple of km.  Plus the many other
advantages 
>I can think of.

That are secret? Nonsense. In the city you need a bike that is
optimized for city riding. Pavement quickly wears out the knobs on
knobby tires. Mountain bikes are one of the most poorly designed,
useless things ever invented. They cause impotence and hand and wrist
problems, to say nothing of serious injuries and death! Mountain
bikers are just to arrogant to admit it.
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