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Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-14-08, 09:26 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 828
Posted By oscaregg

I was cycling in NZ in 1985 and saw, in the...

I was cycling in NZ in 1985 and saw, in the parking lot alongside a country store, one of the locals take his freshly purchased quart of OJ, pour a large quantity on the ground, and refill with vodka...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-14-08, 09:23 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 3,286
Posted By oscaregg

Who goes to McIhop anyway? I think we're...

Who goes to McIhop anyway? I think we're getting to be another group that's too easily offended.
Get yer flapjacks at your local breakfast joint. I've ridden many klicks to mine (Sweet Laurette's...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-11-08, 09:10 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 731
Posted By oscaregg

If our own government won't do this, more than...

If our own government won't do this, more than likely Al Quaeda or the Iraqi insurgency will do it for us.
We are sooner or later going to lose a war in the Mideast--and in the long run that will...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
04-05-08, 06:23 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 886
Posted By oscaregg

I think I was the beneficiary of dumb luck. I...

I think I was the beneficiary of dumb luck. I was given an old 620 frame (grey, stamped lugs version) and never used 27" wheels in it during the five years that I had it. 700c rims fit just right...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-26-08, 11:15 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 3,302
Posted By oscaregg

Exactly--why should loaning a car to a dangerous...

Exactly--why should loaning a car to a dangerous user be treated any differently from loaning a gun to one?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-14-08, 02:37 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 825
Posted By oscaregg

So what's a way to reduce housing cost-induced...

So what's a way to reduce housing cost-induced mega commutes? Every so often you have to do what the MBA-types call "managing for results."
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-14-08, 01:43 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 888
Posted By oscaregg

Then, it's time to execute said drivers by...

Then, it's time to execute said drivers by dismemberment, and hang parts of their bodies in visible places by the side of the road where they have themselves killed.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-14-08, 01:42 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 825
Posted By oscaregg

One major cause of long commutes is overpriced...

One major cause of long commutes is overpriced housing. Legislate fixed and finite limits to the selling or renting price of real property as a first step to a cure. Eliminate housing cost as a...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-14-08, 08:36 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,296
Posted By oscaregg

I'd stick with Shimano product for both elements....

I'd stick with Shimano product for both elements. Brand X pedals don't seem to hold up as well, and why buy shoes from a company that views cycling as a sideline when you can get 'em from a company...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-14-08, 08:31 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 999
Posted By oscaregg

Simple--when you are riding in pedestrian space,...

Simple--when you are riding in pedestrian space, you have a moral obligation to ride at pedestrian speed.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-14-08, 08:29 AM
Replies: 141
Views: 10,508
Posted By oscaregg

No search of a driver after a fatality should be...

No search of a driver after a fatality should be considered unreasonable--that's why it is totally unreasonable to allow the US Constitution to protect the subhuman species that is the motoring...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-10-08, 10:10 AM
Replies: 141
Views: 10,508
Posted By oscaregg

Good point--cops have whole electronic offices in...

Good point--cops have whole electronic offices in their cars these days. Much is made of the quality and rigor of police driver training--what is Sta. Clara's department's like?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-20-08, 09:23 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,008
Posted By oscaregg

I splurged--I like the Performance all-reflective...

I splurged--I like the Performance all-reflective vest. $35 that didn't hurt to spend.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-20-08, 09:21 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,820
Posted By oscaregg

Same old thing--"human being" and "motor vehicle...

Same old thing--"human being" and "motor vehicle operator" are really and truly two different creatures.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-18-08, 01:47 PM
Replies: 212
Views: 6,898
Posted By oscaregg

Having lost my manners and tact years ago, my...

Having lost my manners and tact years ago, my usual is "Yo, s&*t for brains, the red lights are for us too."
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-12-08, 02:47 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 2,363
Posted By oscaregg

We desperately need a US President who is not a...

We desperately need a US President who is not a bought-and-paid-for prostitute of the oil industry.
We need public policies that will force the cost of driving up, and force the cost of housing...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-11-08, 11:17 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 2,363
Posted By oscaregg

Mass transit that needed unionized, locally...

Mass transit that needed unionized, locally employed staff on a permanent basis would be an even better long-term jobs program than highways. Why does roadbuilding get all the credit that way?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-11-08, 09:44 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 2,475
Posted By oscaregg

The real fix for road safety in the US will be a...

The real fix for road safety in the US will be a shorting of our oil supplies from overseas--the Saudi dissident who sets off the right bomb under the right oil refinery will be doing us a bigger...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-08-08, 05:00 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 594
Posted By oscaregg

I've never been in Chicago except to change...

I've never been in Chicago except to change planes--is Daley a cyclist?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
01-30-08, 09:28 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 2,475
Posted By oscaregg

This idea is a bunch of horse feces--a helmet law...

This idea is a bunch of horse feces--a helmet law without much tougher control over the behavior of motor vehicle operators is like asking women to wear chastity belts to reduce ****. Break the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
01-29-08, 11:27 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 922
Posted By oscaregg

What can you say, other than there really and...

What can you say, other than there really and truly is a difference between a human being and a motor vehicle operator.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
01-16-08, 12:32 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 3,718
Posted By oscaregg

Another reason that we Americans are lucky--we...

Another reason that we Americans are lucky--we don't have a class of inbred overprivileged human breeding stock to defer to!
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
01-07-08, 03:28 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,766
Posted By oscaregg

Planet Bike or Zefal fenders have a round...

Planet Bike or Zefal fenders have a round profile, no corners ala SKS--this will make them easier to sneak into a tight-fitting frame/fork. How old is your 5500? If it's pre-2002 it'll have...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
01-04-08, 12:30 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,986
Posted By oscaregg

When it comes to cars and driving, Amerikans...

When it comes to cars and driving, Amerikans aren't taxed halfway near enough! Anything that has the potential to allow a motor vehicle to be driven over legal highway speed limits should be taxed...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
01-03-08, 09:24 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,986
Posted By oscaregg

Could the LAB afford to hire, say, Blackwater...

Could the LAB afford to hire, say, Blackwater mercenaries, to cleanse society of some of these vermin?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-04-07, 10:20 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,910
Posted By oscaregg

More proof that the US needs badly to lose an oil...

More proof that the US needs badly to lose an oil war--we need that collective crack over the head to correct our halfwitted transportation ideas.
Forum: Vehicular Cycling (VC)
12-04-07, 10:11 AM
Replies: 86
Views: 2,529
Posted By oscaregg

Maybe Portland cyclists should take to carrying...

Maybe Portland cyclists should take to carrying false ID in case of tickets for these unreasonable situations.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-13-07, 10:22 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,101
Posted By oscaregg

UPS used to police their own. Many years ago...

UPS used to police their own. Many years ago when I lived in Los Angeles, another guy in my old cycling club complained about a brown-truck driver, went to their West LA depot, and saw a board on...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-29-07, 12:51 PM
Replies: 280
Views: 14,427
Posted By oscaregg

I started cycling and bought my first funny...

I started cycling and bought my first funny clothes, how'd you say it--when Peter Green was still in Fleetwood Mac, okay? After enough crotch sores from riding in jeans, bees down loose street-shirt...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
10-02-07, 02:45 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 18,759
Posted By oscaregg

Buy steel or titanium--so that if you ever have a...

Buy steel or titanium--so that if you ever have a breakage again it'll be repairable. Try GVH bikes.com in southern Oregon for some crazy frame deals.
Forum: Road Cycling
09-21-07, 08:30 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,201
Posted By oscaregg

If that had happened in the US, with the victim...

If that had happened in the US, with the victim being a cop, the perp might have suffered a fatal accident while in police custody!
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-18-07, 09:44 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,715
Posted By oscaregg

More of a sign that the US needs to lose an oil...

More of a sign that the US needs to lose an oil war in the Mideast--our country's car culture deserves a gigantic cosmic crack over the head.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-18-07, 09:41 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 844
Posted By oscaregg

I'm one liberal who does NOT agree with the...

I'm one liberal who does NOT agree with the above--what there is of an American left would do well to examine our sometimes hysterical excess of concern with bigotry. Just one ****'s opinion, here.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-06-07, 09:14 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,038
Posted By oscaregg

Why are "people" like this driver not stalked and...

Why are "people" like this driver not stalked and harassed by local cyclists? We're just too damn nice sometimes. This creature should be driven into a suicidal depression which he will hopefully...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-26-07, 09:07 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 878
Posted By oscaregg

This is part of why gasoline should go up so high...

This is part of why gasoline should go up so high in price as to take @50% of drivers off the road.
The automobile culture is a murderous, mad machine and needs to be smashed to bits by any means...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-24-07, 08:32 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,421
Posted By oscaregg

I've long thought that highway construction...

I've long thought that highway construction flaggers should be very heavily armed--AK's, large caliber sniper rifles, etc. Drivers should know that deadly force will be met and maybe even pre-empted...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-03-07, 09:33 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 560
Posted By oscaregg

Fit should be the first concern. You're at the...

Fit should be the first concern. You're at the time of year when dealers are starting to clear merchandise for '08 stuff--I'd look at Trek and Gary Fisher, too. Look at the least expensive hybrid...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-29-07, 05:44 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 4,400
Posted By oscaregg

How about a sky blue jersey with #43 for us...

How about a sky blue jersey with #43 for us old-line NASCAR fans. A King Richard jersey? Sign me up.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-21-07, 01:10 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,317
Posted By oscaregg

Mr Byrne has serious balls if he will ride a bike...

Mr Byrne has serious balls if he will ride a bike in Las Vegas--drunks, nothing-to-lose cases, and crazier cab drivers than he probably even sees in NYC!
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-20-07, 02:35 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 3,736
Posted By oscaregg

Is Utah driver behavior proof that the Marmot...

Is Utah driver behavior proof that the Marmot church is destructive to the human brain?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-13-07, 08:23 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 2,467
Posted By oscaregg

The only real solution will be a drastic increase...

The only real solution will be a drastic increase in US and Canadian gas prices--hope it's on the way. In my area the worst drivers seem to be the poorest economically--get the white trash in old...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-13-07, 08:18 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 859
Posted By oscaregg

In all seriousness, this is another call for...

In all seriousness, this is another call for public police beatings and torture of offending drivers.
Certainly the least thing should be an immediate permanent forfeiture of the vehicle on the spot.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-08-07, 03:06 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 3,195
Posted By oscaregg

Fencing the police-stolen bikes=NYPD beer fund,...

Fencing the police-stolen bikes=NYPD beer fund, perhaps?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-12-07, 09:33 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 606
Posted By oscaregg

So, we're "refusing to grow up?" I see people...

So, we're "refusing to grow up?" I see people who refuse to consider any mode other than driving to be the real immature party here--clinging desperately to a lazy, spoiled mode of living that is...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-08-07, 09:33 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 2,160
Posted By oscaregg

I think we are within a short (less than two...

I think we are within a short (less than two years) time of geopolitical events ending our access to cheap oil. This will be to our short-term annoyance and inconvenience and to our enormous...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-10-07, 10:15 AM
Replies: 333
Views: 13,012
Posted By oscaregg

San Francisco is a lost cause--for drivers. That...

San Francisco is a lost cause--for drivers. That city, and I mean the city proper, not the county or region, is so geographically constrained that it ran out of room for more cars about 1950. Mayor...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-10-07, 10:05 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 2,763
Posted By oscaregg

Wear neon. Quiet good taste is for stupid and/or...

Wear neon. Quiet good taste is for stupid and/or suicidal cyclists.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-09-07, 10:29 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,828
Posted By oscaregg

Let me point out a positive by-product of these...

Let me point out a positive by-product of these scare articles. I used to work part time in a big LBS in the Seattle area. Many of the customers scared in by the crippled-weenie fear bought the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-28-07, 10:10 AM
Replies: 281
Views: 8,714
Posted By oscaregg

I'm so sick of speeders in residential...

I'm so sick of speeders in residential neighborhoods and on narrow rural roads that I've become a stickler for driving my car at precisely the limit regardless of the desires of the redneck halfwits...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-10-07, 12:08 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,248
Posted By oscaregg

We just lost a family friend--who was driving her...

We just lost a family friend--who was driving her car, I don't even think she owned a bike--to a repeat-offender DUI. I do believe that ANYTHING which would crack and break the American...
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