Brakes are very difficult to adjust on racers but it's well worth learning how...
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Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Sat 23 May 2015, 15:01,
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Even better, don't ride a bike that has no brakes fitted.
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drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Sat 23 May 2015, 15:15,
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I should have added that being born without eyes doesn't make you an ideal candidate for cycling.
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Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Sat 23 May 2015, 19:26,
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^this
Bike clearly had no brakes and idiot couldn't stop in time. Fixie twat
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Peej, Sat 23 May 2015, 20:28,
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I have a few thoughts on this
There is something that sounds like a car horn as he starts his slowing down - that could reasonably be a crap old brake pad on a steel rim, or any brake pad on a chrome rim.
It is a weird one, because it looks like an ancient set of drop bars. He might have "Suicide levers" which would explain the shit stopping in rain.
But I didn't see any drop bar brakes at all, I couldn't make out caliper brakes on this video, so it is possible he is riding a fixie beyond his ability. The cassette looks a shade anaemic.
That would explain him losing the backend before impact, not using the front brake enough will do that. If he had a front brake... It is a legal requirement, but not all fixie riders care. I think it might be a fixie, because it looks like he keeps cycling up to the last minute, but that could be him ineffectively resisting the momentum with the pedals.
Seems to be riding completely beyond his ability, in bad conditions.
The guy us extremely lucky his head wasn't popped open.
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Sat 23 May 2015, 21:02,
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Stop it at 7 seconds...
there are clearly zero cables to connect any brakes.
What is most annoying about prats like this is the psychological damage they will do to the bus driver who eventually kills him.
They need to install lasers on red lights to incinerate all red light jumpers.
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Batter Pudding Hurler is a figment of your imagination, Sat 23 May 2015, 21:45,
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Supposedly the cyclist has commented
saying his front brake cable snapped. That would explain the squeal stopping.
Nevertheless, if you can't stop safely under any conditions, you are driving recklessly, and that probably deserves a fine.
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Sat 23 May 2015, 22:49,
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