Re: Most significant advance in bike technology for speed?

On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 09:39:59 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@gXXmail.com> wrote:

On 2/6/2025 7:12 AM, John B. wrote:

On Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:43:54 -0500, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
 

On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 21:51:02 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@gXXmail.com> wrote:
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On 2/4/2025 7:52 PM, John B. wrote:

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So, in this case we have Frankie.,  the coward who is terrified of
firearms, disparaging others who may be (lets face it) braver then he.

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No, John, I am not and never have been terrified of firearms. I'm not
particularly interested in shooting, but I have done a reasonable amount
of target shooting with friends and family. I have kept a gun in the
house, not one used for protection, but used for target shooting. I
don't do that any more because I'm just not that interested.

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Krygowski has claimed that keeping a gun in your house makes it more
likely you'll get shot, and yet he says he's done it, so I guess his
personal experience is evidence that his claim was wrong.
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And I don't see how you can say that a person who refuses to ride a bike
without the "protection" of a gun is braver than I am.

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Well, in spite of your brags about not being afraid you've guns,
you've shown no evidence of it.
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People who carry guns for "protection" (a common motive) are almost  by
definition afraid something will happen. That's not bravery. That's fear.

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<shrug>

 
 
As a comment to the above I remember Frank stating, as proof that he
did know something about guns that "I've shot a .22  a few times" and
now "a few times" has grown into " I have kept a gun in the house, not
one used for protection, but used for target shooting."
 
Now Frankie so often tells that he documents everything and provides
preferences? But no reference found for  keeping gun in his house.".
 
Strange how a gun in your pocket is cowardice and one in your house is
target practice?
 
Can he be lying?

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John, your memory has gotten most of the above wrong.
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Try doing direct quotes of what I actually said, rather than what you
pretend or imagine I said.
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But we've been over this ground countless times. I'm wasting too much
time on you.

But you have plenty of time to brag.

Am I qualified to talk about such things? Yes, by virtue of attending
multiple classes at various levels for each of the programs described
above. I've also acted as an editorial consultant on two well known
books dealing with those matters. I've written many articles on those
and related topics, and had some of them reprinted by publications in
other states and one other country. I no longer maintain the teaching
certification, but I've taught many cycling classes, I've written
scripts for and appeared in televised instructional spots, I've been
interviewed for newspapers and TV on such matters, and I've spoken (by
request) at city, regional and statewide gatherings."

"I've written articles about dogs vs. bikes, and I
was once quoted on the issue in _Bicycling_ magazine."

"there are others who have examined my
bicycling qualifications, tested me and proclaimed that I do, indeed,
know what I'm talking about regarding bicycling."

"I've been riding with this club for 35 years now. I've given
workshops and classes on riding, including group riding. I've written
articles on it for the club newsletter and for other publications.
I've
had other cycling instructors compliment my riding, and say they
learned
and improved by watching me. Just last night, one member took me aside
and asked me to give tips to a new member who obviously needed advice
on group riding."

"I worked with the guy. He used his solid model
animations of the gun mechanism to explain it to me while he was
designing it. The patent didn't involve that mechanism; it involved
other components and their innovative manufacturing. But the gun is
almost entirely his design."

"Last week my daughter took me on a new ride route. The handlebar
mounted
inclinometer she had given me some years ago was reading over 16% for
stretches. I admit, it nearly killed me."

"I ride as a competent adult on normal roads. I've taught others to do
that, and I've been recognized for such work. The remarks I posted
above were not bragging."

--Frank Krygowski 

--
C'est bon
Soloman