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How many of us have ever tried to "register" our bicycles? I know I haven't...
However, there does not seem to be a nationwide trend to outlaw fixed gear bikes.
Chicago Bicycle Advocate said:However, there does not seem to be a nationwide trend to outlaw fixed gear bikes.
Right. I don't understand how requiring a bike to have a brake is equivalent to "outlawing" fixed gear bikes. As BSNYC said today:
While I don't support passage of the laws they're proposing in Philadelphia, and while people everywhere should be free to ride their "fixies" unmolested, I also don't know why it isn't completely obvious to everybody in the world that a fixed-gear hub is not a freaking brake. People might as well argue that their ironic mustaches qualify as brakes since they can use the wind resistance to slow themselves down.
This keeps coming up. It's nonsense. Everyone needs a license plate? What if I only ride on weekends? Own 3 bikes? 6 year olds need plates?
A bigger issue would be if they require plates on bikes then they are acknowledging that bikes use the road. this creates 2 problems for the city that they don't want. First, if we are now acknowledged as users of the road then we can openly make demands that we expect to be done because we are paying for them. Also the many of the laws in Chicago/Illinois would need to be rewritten. Good luck with the plates thing! ;-)
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