Re: Most significant advance in bike technology for speed?

On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:14:09 -0500, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:16:12 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 03:44:17 -0500, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
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On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 21:23:44 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@gXXmail.com> wrote:
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On 2/10/2025 6:12 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Wed Feb 5 21:39:27 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

On 2/4/2025 2:36 PM, cyclintom wrote:

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Both Catrike and John have made the point that you don't need a gun until you need a gun. Stop using your personal experiencees as proof that you're right.

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As usual, I used data to prove I'm right. As usual, you didn't understand.
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But speaking of personal experiences, do _you_ require packing a gun
before you'll go for a ride? As far as we can tell, only one person here
is that timid. You, Tom, are braver despite your complaints about
security in your own area.

 
 
 
 
Frank, I am a large impressive person. People, even those who might be bent on violence stay well away from me. In youger days I have hurt people quite violently and I suppose that shows in my demeaner. So no, I don't carry a gun as my father and uncles never carried guns. And although they were not as improsing as me they were extraordinarily dangerous. As a kid, one of my unclkes was a professional boxer. Another I watch pick up an older style refrigerator full of food. And I was present when my father knocked three guys onto the floor and they ran away.
 
So, no, I don't carry a gun. But neither am I worried about those who do. Several of my friends are never without a gun. Cops legally carry guns 24/7 even retired simply by qualifying at the pistol range. EVERYONE in Arizona is armed. The murder rate in Arizona is not high. My Federal Agent retiree friend even travels with his gun in Italy. Since he arrested Chinese spies there when he was in NCIS he has special dispensation.
 
You have a fear of guns and I suppose that is normal to those who have no experience with them. But in case you didn't know it - Florida is a dangerous place. If Catrike wants to carry a gun, what does it matter to you?

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It matters to him because most everything other people do matters to a
narcissist. What I do matters even more to him because I laugh at him
about it.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/j_soloman/53145141933/
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I'm in Florida now. I've been riding here for several days. I've ridden
in city centers, in suburbs and on one bike trail, all with no fear.
I'll continue doing it with no gun. I'm not timid enough to need one.

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<sigh> More Krygowski undocumented brags.
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Again, only one person here is so fearful as to require a gun while
riding.

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As if what a half dozen old geysers do is significant.
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On the other hand, there are enough people interested enough to do it
to create a market.
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https://www.outdoorlife.com/story/gear/top-concealed-carry-options-for-hikers-runners-cyclists/
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https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/12/16/pistol-cycling/
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https://thegunzone.com/can-you-carry-a-concealed-weapon-while-riding-a-bicycle/
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https://aliengearholsters.com/blogs/blog/concealed-carry-for-bicycle-commuters-and-recreational-cyclist
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https://concealedcarryandrew.com/how-to-carry-a-pistol-on-a-bicycle/
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Those who carry guns almost always carry because they're afraid
of something.

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Those who carry stones to throw almost always carry them because
they're afraid of puppydogs.

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More to the point, "How would he know?"
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Stop and think. Fear and bravery? How does one develop a reasonable
sense of danger without expiring fear? But from Frank's posts over the
years it seem that the most dangerous thing he's done is walk into a
class room.
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Fear or terror' The usually learns about fear and terror is to
experience dangerious acts, objects or creatures (including humans).
Combat solders all experience fear in combat. Yes it gets easier to
"live with" but it never goes away.
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So what is Frank, background that qualifies him to common on the
matter? Was he in the military and spent time in combat? He's never
mentioned it and from other posts it would seem likely that
the"combat" experience world have come from trying to run away to
Canada to avoid the draft.
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In short, good old Frank is simply making up, what seem to him to be
insults to spread among his readers, not realizing that he is just
exposing his own shortcomings.
 

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After two and a half years of him complaining about me carrying a gun
on my bike rides, he hasn't provided any reason as to why I shouldn't,
so I do, like I did just yesterday.
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Two and a half years ago I innocently posted an opinion and a
preference. He disagreed, but instead of simply disagreeing, he
insulted me and thus, picked a fight. Now, he realizes his mistake,
and is afraid to reply directly to me like a man, so instead, he
claims victim hood and talks about me to third parties, much like a
snotty, bratty, little twelve year old girl would do.
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It think he imagines his childish insults hurt my feelings as much as
my fighting back has hurt him.

Some years ago a good friend, one Wayne Berg, set out on a single
handed circumnavigation in a 35 ft. Cat., and a couple of years later
came home.

The interesting thing, here, is that he never talked much abut it. But
then other then his jobs he never talked much about... Drilling
Manager for the Malaysian National Oil Administration, the Vietnamese
Oil Group, or any of the other companies he'd worked for over twenty
or thirty years. I guess he reckoned that he  did it so what was the
sense in talking abut it.

Frank. on the other hand rides a bicycle to the Library and back home
aging and writes a 5 column dissertation about the amazing feat he has
accomplished.

The difference, I suggest, between a bloke that accomplishes things
and another that talks about things.


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Cheers,

John B.