Re: 1972 Legnano in the news

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 11/14/2024 1:37 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Fri Nov 8 22:18:33 2024 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

On 11/8/2024 8:49 PM, AMuzi wrote:

Check the photos here:
 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14061289/Emmy-award-
winner-1970s-sitcom-unrecognizable-77-bikes-LA.html

 
Whoa! Exposed cables! Down tube friction shifting! Center pull brakes!
36 spoke wheels! Full sized frame pump! And she's not in a "protected"
bike lane! Is it even possible to ride that way?  ;-)
 
"She adhered to safety regulations by having a black helmet on, wore
pink trainers and had a red jacket tied around her waist" is nonsense.
There is no helmet regulation that applies to her.
 
And the jacket around her waist is not a particularly good idea,
although it's at least better than tying it around the handlebars. I
know a guy who did that and had a sleeve dangle into his front wheel.
His next couple seconds were far from fun.
 
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- Frank Krygowski

 
 
 
 
Virtually every main street in California has bike lanes. Even many wide
enough neighborhood streets do as well So how do you know she isn't in one.

 
I said she wasn't in a "protected" bike lane. If she were, there would
have been parked cars, or concrete walls, or at least plastic posts to
her left. But the frontal photo of her standing with one foot on the
curb seems to show there's not even a bike lane stripe.
 
Since none of those features are present, then according to the current
crop of hand wringing lobbyists, her riding is intensely dangerous. Oh,
the humanity!
 

Again that’s you crying danger danger, in general segregation works in
certain places, even cities like Amsterdam you’ll mix with cars on some
roads or have just painted lanes and so on.

Roger Merriman