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  1. singletrackworld.comarticle.php

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  2. "..::TBF::.." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Those are the dumbest bike gadgets I think I've ever seen. Be perfect for those whose cruise with
    blacklighted Hyundai's after a hard ride on the sidewalk.
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  3. ..::TBF::.. said:

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    Though some may deride them, I've been on more than a few group night rides where I was wishing that
    the folks in front of me had someting like these.

    A

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  4. Chris says:

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    Those are the dumbest bike gadgets I think I've ever seen.

    Probably, but on the back, where they don't actually have to _work_, they'd be pretty good as brake
    lights (which I believe was the original idea) to stop nutters from crunching into you when you slow
    down or stop.

    Steve

  5. Anthony Sloan said:
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    Though some may deride them, I've been on more than a few group night rides where I was wishing
    that the folks in front of me had someting like these.

    Hell, I wish my kids' bikes had brake lights AND turn indicators.

    Years back I ordered my husband some roller blade brakes that threw a big rooster tail of sparks. It
    gave a sort of Wile E. Coyote/Acme Rocket Skate effect that was truly funny to see. Impressed the
    heck out of the neighborhood kids...

    I think something like that, only for bikes, would be cooler than a light (except maybe in hilly
    terrain during very dry weather).

    Kathleen

  6. "Stephen Baker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Chris says:

    Quoted message said:

    Those are the dumbest bike gadgets I think I've ever seen.

    Probably, but on the back, where they don't actually have to _work_,


    they'd be

    Quoted message said:

    pretty good as brake lights (which I believe was the original idea) to


    stop

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    nutters from crunching into you when you slow down or stop.

    Steve

    I guess, wouldn't a blinkie be more visible and useful, or just stop riding with people who run into
    you would be an option.
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  7. ctg said:
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    I guess, wouldn't a blinkie be more visible and useful, or just stop riding with people who run
    into you would be an option.
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    In a group of evenly paced singlespeeds, knowing when the chango in front of you has brabbed a
    handful of brake lever can be useful information in momentum management.

    Don't get me wrong, these pad are silly and kitschy, but amidst that there is a nice unintended
    consequence of singlespeed usefulness.

    A

  8. Anthony Sloan said:

    Though some may deride them, I've been on more than a few group night rides where I was wishing
    that the folks in front of me had someting like these.

    I quite agree!

  9. "..::TBF::.." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Although somewhat silly on a MTB they might be a good accessory for a commuter bike. Of course my
    commuter has coaster brakes, but one with V's might do well with these.

    Matt

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    Those are the dumbest bike gadgets I think I've ever seen. Be perfect for those whose cruise with
    blacklighted Hyundai's after a hard ride on the sidewalk.

    Yup.

    "Bike Rice"

    Spider

  11. On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:36:57 -0700, MattB wrote:

    Of course my commuter has coaster brakes

    "of course"?

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  12. "BB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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    On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:36:57 -0700, MattB wrote:

    Of course my commuter has coaster brakes

    "of course"?

    Uhhhh, yeah. ;-)

    Matt

  13. ..::TBF::.. said:

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    Fvcking Stupid! What kind of idiot doesn't know when his/her brake pads are worn?

    Someone put a dagger in the Hype Machine!

    Peace, Bill The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind
    should give an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
    :-]

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