Total retards with no brakes...
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Almost flattened some idiot cyclist the other day with my Land Rover when he basically rolled out in front of me. As I turned to advise him gently that he may wish to be careful if he wanted to see his twenties, I was gob smacked to see that he had NO brakes on his bike at all.
This wasn't someone on a fixie with no front caliper...this was an old MTB, freewheeling, derailleur geared, with bare mounting posts where the V-brakes used to live. The guy was riding on the road, and dragging his foot along the floor to stop.
My initial thoughts were how could he be so selfish as to almost certainly get wiped out in the imminent future, yet not give a stuff about how the unlucky person who might be driving will get to sleep at night. This was quickly replaced by feeling of Darwinism, and that if he's that bloody dumb then perhaps his almost certain imminent demise might actually benefit the human race as a whole.
More and more I see kids out on MTBs with V brake noodles not connected...why do parents let young kids out on death trap bikes, and why on earth do people ride with no brakes?
Retards. Rant over.
This wasn't someone on a fixie with no front caliper...this was an old MTB, freewheeling, derailleur geared, with bare mounting posts where the V-brakes used to live. The guy was riding on the road, and dragging his foot along the floor to stop.
My initial thoughts were how could he be so selfish as to almost certainly get wiped out in the imminent future, yet not give a stuff about how the unlucky person who might be driving will get to sleep at night. This was quickly replaced by feeling of Darwinism, and that if he's that bloody dumb then perhaps his almost certain imminent demise might actually benefit the human race as a whole.
More and more I see kids out on MTBs with V brake noodles not connected...why do parents let young kids out on death trap bikes, and why on earth do people ride with no brakes?
Retards. Rant over.
ks.1) nicked wheel on the bike: Brakes/wheels no longer fit. Disconnect noodle. Sorted.
2) It's an offence under construction and use. A bike must have 2 independant braking systems, and a fixed rear wheel counts as one thus even a fixie must have a front brake of some kind to be 'road legal' in the UK.
On one memorable occasion a bike I seized off of a suspect had the V-brake blocks turned through 90 degs so that they acted on the side of the tyre! It was an MTB with 700c wheels on it.
2) It's an offence under construction and use. A bike must have 2 independant braking systems, and a fixed rear wheel counts as one thus even a fixie must have a front brake of some kind to be 'road legal' in the UK.
On one memorable occasion a bike I seized off of a suspect had the V-brake blocks turned through 90 degs so that they acted on the side of the tyre! It was an MTB with 700c wheels on it.
Most kids around here have removed the brakes from their BMX bikes so they are like the guys in the Olympic events and are FASTER.
`Braking` is achieved by rubbing the rear wheel with the sole of their trainer. Some are worn through to the socks ..
I did try & offer some advice about this to a couple of them but `Dad says it`s OK` - I give up.
`Braking` is achieved by rubbing the rear wheel with the sole of their trainer. Some are worn through to the socks ..
I did try & offer some advice about this to a couple of them but `Dad says it`s OK` - I give up.
They're not bicycles are they.
A bicycle must have a braking system of some sort acting on each wheel.
A unicycle brakes in exactly the same way as a fixie: You resist the pedals turning (and alter your balance accordingly I suppose).
A bicycle must have a braking system of some sort acting on each wheel.
A unicycle brakes in exactly the same way as a fixie: You resist the pedals turning (and alter your balance accordingly I suppose).
Edited by WeirdNeville on Sunday 2nd September 20:28
GadgeS3C said:
WeirdNeville said:
But the law relates to bicycles. It even defines them.
It's like me saying 'A ship needs certain lighting' and then you saying 'so why don't planes have the same lighting?'.
They're not ships are they?!
I believe the law now includes unicyles, at least since 1994.It's like me saying 'A ship needs certain lighting' and then you saying 'so why don't planes have the same lighting?'.
They're not ships are they?!
To be honest a lot of the bikes I see on the roads here might as well have no brakes fitted as it would appear the blocks go nowhere near the rims when applied.
If that's the law then there are also a fair few dutch style bikes on the roads with only the pedal back to brake, brake (whatever they're called) that don't conform.
This kind of thing...
If that's the law then there are also a fair few dutch style bikes on the roads with only the pedal back to brake, brake (whatever they're called) that don't conform.
This kind of thing...
Accelebrate said:
there are also a fair few dutch style bikes on the roads with only the pedal back to brake, brake (whatever they're called) that don't conform.
This kind of thing...
The brake you describe is a 'Coaster Brake'. If it functions as designed, then, for legal purposes, it will be regarded as an 'efficient' means of braking the back wheel. In order to comply with UK law, such a bike would need to have an independently operated braking system for the front wheel. This kind of thing...
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