SEPT 14 2006 ride softly & carry a big stick
aka
look ma, no hand brake!

today we talk gearless, & look at a recent flurry of tickets served to fixie riders who don't do handbrakes...


what the fixie?
wiki sez

pete will do an interpretive fixed dance sans brakes

mark ginsberg, bike lawyer type, will let us ply him with questions

photo by dabby

couriers try their best to comply with a portland judge, giving the stick brake the old college try.

for those who like to read:

Judge finds fault with fixies from bikeportland.org

Despite ruling, Officer continues to ticket fixed gear riders


also we gonna wax poetic aboot the weekend of bikepiggingout&brazentheftofthecityofvancouver coming up sept 21-24

see velovan.blogspot.com
for full schedule or
alley kittening or
velomutation
or speed freaks
or bicycle CARcass

& that's enough or your bike will pee itself!