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Yikes. I'm staying out of it. I don't even agree with myself a lot of
the time.<br>
--Arthur<br>
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David Hammond wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">There are actually four camps - </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">The Lycrazoids, who ride expensive,
skinny-tired DF road bikes, and whose riding position naturally
predisposes them to look down their noses; </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">The Dirt Stoners, who careen down
ski slopes on expensive, anorexic motorcycles with pedals, with Long
Island Ice Tea in their camelbacks, and who worry about crashing, but
not while on their bikes; </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">The Bents, who lean back, put their
feet up, and ride a few miles to their next pee stop on their
beach-chairs-on-wheels. The Bents typically wear too-tight jeans and a
tee-shirt signed by Brad Delp from Boston's 1981 tour, and only get
injured when their beards get caught in the one of the bike's 5 or 6
chain tensioners. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Then there's the Electric Assist
crowd, the Lead-Acids (asses), overweight retired electronics engineers
with black tape on their bifocals and turn signals mounted on the backs
of their helmets. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Each camp disrespects the other
three - </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">"Hey, do those pants come with a
studded dog collar?"</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">"Dude, that buzzing's your Psychos
slapping asphalt, not your nerves saying 'it's Miller Time'."</font></div>
<div> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">"Hey, man, I thought wheelchairs had
their wheels side-by-side!"</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">"Yo, dude, THAT'S CHEATING!!"
(usually shouted by the passenger in a Lincoln Navigator with a couple
of +$3,000.00 bikes racked on the back....)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">and each camp thinks they're god's
gift to the world of transportation.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Let's bring all four camps under one
big strong tent before each camp gets flooded out by the rain of
corporate bull-puckey emanating from Washington.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Dave Hammond</font></div>
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Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:13 PM</div>
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Re: [*BCM*] Frufru?</div>
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<div class="moz-signature">So I assume you're the Prius and I'm the
SUV. So much for my bonafides. Harumph. What about those who are both
transportational and recreational riders? Hybrid SUV's? Protest
Non-voters? <br>
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Hey, the sun came out. I'm going to take my bike for a ride in my
Hummer (it's a 2, so it's OK).<br>
<br>
--ac <br>
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Seriously, though, are there really two camps? Are there real issues
between them?<br>
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<pre wrap="">frufru? What, a schism between recreational and transportational? Is
this like naderite progresives vs ABB progressives?
--ac
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Yep! :-)
It's similar to the schism between the SUV types and the Toyota Prius
types...
Turtle
what's an ABB progressive? Oh, I think I get it, Anybody But Bush?
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