Re: Helmet efficacy test

On 4/19/2025 4:34 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 11:38:50 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:
 

On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 23:02:10 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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On 4/18/2025 8:12 PM, John B. wrote:

  Hmm "Free speech scares some people"? I don't know about "scares" but
Frankie's free speech calling you a coward certainly set you off.

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Oh, it happened before that! Our timid tricycle rider entered his
permanent snit before I ever used the word "coward."
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He was highly offended when I suggested he lacked the courage or
competence to ride normal roads, and that his back-and-forth path riding
might be OK for him, but too boring for me.
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Remember, my statement was in response to a guy who said there was no
way riding near cars could be safe; and who can't even summon the nerve
to ride an empty suburban bike trail without having deadly weaponry
immediately at hand, chambered and ready to fire.
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I'm not seeing any evidence of courage there.

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I seem to remember that you approved the young folks who ran away to
Canada in terror rather then serve in the Vietnam war...
Strange isn't it you condone cowardice among those you describes as
"not agreeing with the war" and you now condemn a chap who rides his
tricycle alone on a bike path.
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I'm not seeing any evidence of courage there but I am seeing a great
deal of bigotry. "Frank Bigotski" as it were.

 Krygowski seems to think riding a bicycle among "people of other
races" is something special to be bragged about.
 "Today I'm planning a solo ride through the inner city, partly to
visit a new library on the far side of town. I'll be riding on <gasp!>
ordinary streets. Many of those streets will have <oh my!> people of
other races living there."
--Frank Krygowski
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.bicycles.tech/c/Zu_BtGgv8Fs/m/vkwxt_GNBQAJ?hl=en&hl=en

Anyone with sufficient experience in conversation with other humans could tell the "gasp!" and "oh my!" labeled that as sarcasm, meaning my ride was nothing scary at all.
Those who habitually avoid speaking to others are understandably confused.
Let's remember that before I retired, I rode my bike to and from work through the inner city very, very frequently. Including <gasp!> at night.   ;-)
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- Frank Krygowski