Ban on Quick Release
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City Hobgoblin at 03.7.08 - 2:25 pm
Here's a funny one:
http://www.bicycleretailer.com/news/newsDetail/1034.html
Summary:
Wal Mart is putting shit house bikes on the street, and people wind up hurting themselves. It gets so out of hand that the NJ government ham-fistedly tries to pass regulations to ban quick-releases. Ha.
Wal Mart bikes. Gotta love 'em. Ban Wal-Mart, not bike parts.
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WTF. I never have had a problem with quick release.
Joe Borfo03.7.08 - 2:26 pm
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I think a lot of people don't understand the concept of how they work.
Mook03.7.08 - 2:30 pm
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On the last ride we had starting from Los Feliz and Riverside, right at the fountain there. When we made our first stop at 7-11, I parked next to a couple of bikes leaning against the wall. When I went to help move the bikes so the inside one could get out, I picked up the front of the bike between his and mine, and the front wheel didn't come up with the bike! The girl didn't have the quick release on right! I adjusted it for her and told her about it. I would bet $20 she doesn't remember this happening since she was a bit buzzed at the time.
User103.7.08 - 2:37 pm
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we should start hoarding quick releases...
they'll be expensive on the black market one day!!
adrian03.7.08 - 2:45 pm
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I lost a front tooth due to a front wheel falling off my bike... during a wheelie on my 10-speed - must have been funny to watch, when I think about it.. It was on the bike in my profile pic, actually(!)
But I didn't have a quick-release, so I suppose I have nothing to blame but my own lack of maintenance, heh.
turrican03.7.08 - 3:30 pm
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Ditto on people not knowing what/how a quick release works!
I have seen a LOT of people (at the Bike Oven) think that simply twisting the things tight is how they go on. That is a big mistake that would end getting you maimed or killed.
Fuggin Walmart. Fuggin Jersey.
ubrayj0203.7.08 - 3:56 pm
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It's clear that the numbnuts and lawyers who want to ban quick releases don't ride and don't know crap all about bikes.
Quick releases are just about the only thing I trust to secure a rear wheel to a horizontal dropout on a geared bike. All the other methods don't hold the wheel on tightly enough.
cabhauler03.7.08 - 4:43 pm
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Only bad experience I had with QR-skewers was back in high school.
Some jerkoff always went and took them off the bike when it was locked up.
After awhile, I was left with the option of hiding in the bushes with a Tippmann, or taking all the skewers off after parking and locking my rig.
Luckily, I haven't had this happen for several years now, so I hardly sweat it like I used to.
bentstrider03.7.08 - 5:05 pm
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I heard Franz is a 'quick release'. Does this mean he'd be banned from NJ, too?
SPOOK03.7.08 - 5:18 pm
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That depends....
Did he go into this guys, frickin' pool!?!?!?
bentstrider03.7.08 - 5:31 pm
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There's a long, sordid history of laws being imposed on bicycles as if they were only used by children, which seems to be the case here. I actually have never seen a kids bike that used quick releases; the article is flat-out wrong about high-end BMX bikes, as BMX bikes NEVER have quick releases.
angle03.7.08 - 7:09 pm
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There will always be those out there who want to pass laws to protect the lowest common denominator among us. These are the same folks who lock the bike trail gates when it looks like rain so little johnny doesn't fall into the flooded river and drown and his family sues the city.
Saving a life is one thing, but taking personal responsibility for our actions is something we try to over compensate for.
Those damn gates are a hassle to climb over in cycling shoes when everything is wet.
Creative Thing03.7.08 - 8:23 pm
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