Re: Disc brake maintenance tips

On 6/24/2024 4:40 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 6/23/2024 3:13 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:

 In my experience he and Vehicular Cycling are very rarely known even among
urban campaigners, and the idea is dismissed and discredited.

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People here are indulging in guesswork! It's a bit like Tom foolishly
speculating on what goes on in a university classroom. If you haven't at
least read the relevant literature, it's better to ask questions instead
of making proclamations.
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I believe I'm the only person here who met John Forester, talked with
him and corresponded with him. I'm sure I'm the only one who completed a
course, and who was certified to teach the relevant coursework.
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Forester did not claim he invented his techniques out of thin air. On
the contrary, he was raised in Britain, and said that what he taught was
what was taught as standard practice in Britain at that time. (I
understand it still is, in "Bikeability" classes.)
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The problem, as he saw it, was that the U.S. did not have a continuous
bicycling culture, where at least some adults had always been riding. So
when the 1970s bike boom hit here, young adults began riding with zero
understanding of how to behave among other traffic. He began espousing
ideas that seemed radical to some Americans, but were considered normal
east of the Atlantic.
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And as I said, those who claim his ideas are "discredited" are usually
saying "because Forester didn't get masses riding bikes." But that was
never his objective! His aim was to help those who _did_ choose to ride.
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It’s more his or rather Vehicular cycling as an ideology or political idea
which it is, which is dead as dodo.

Sorry, that's not making sense. "Vehicular Cycling" is essentially riding a bicycle as a legal vehicle on a normal road according to existing laws. Are you saying that's political? And that it should not be allowed?
Yes, another component of VC is acknowledging the detriments of many segregated bike facilities, as this article did:
https://cyclingsavvy.org/2024/06/how-to-ruin-a-buffered-bike-lane/?mc_cid=16dedcf025&mc_eid=c8e37a60f4
Are you saying people should never mention those hazards?

I think you’re trying to trigger CatTrike!

Catrike is _always_ triggered. Two thirds of his posts are his snarling about things he doesn't like.
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- Frank Krygowski