Re: Disc brake maintenance tips

On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 23:00:10 -0400, Joy Beeson
<jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 08:16:26 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:
>

Just think. All over the world people are getting on bicycles and
riding them with out the benefit of Frank's "can't ride with out one"
books.

>
In Thailand, the people teaching children how to ride know how to
ride.  In the U.S., some children were taught that if two children are
riding side-by-side and they see a car coming, one of them must dash
across the road in front of the car, so that they can force it to pass
between them.   This somehow "makes more room".

I beg to daffier. Here (Thailand) then usual way a kid gets a bicycle
is either the parents just give him one or he nags the parents until
they do and in nearly all cases they set the bike in the driveway and
say something like, "Well, here's your bike."

I live in a rather extensive housing project with a lot of kids and
what I see is the kids out in the street fumbling around until they
teach themselves to ride. No parental assistance.

Which is just how I and my running mates  learned. Get a bicycle for
Christmas and just got on and rode. No parental assistance.
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Cheers,

John B.