Re: Which Bike Do You Recommend?


Fritz M wrote:
> riggodeezil@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > An ordinary or a safety?
>
> Ordinary bicycles have the advantage of height to aid in balance and
> seeing over high obstacles, such as the large top hats that seem to be
> coming back into fashion for gentlemen. If you ride an ordinary, in
> fact, I recommend that you don a stiff felt hat to help absorb the
> impact to your head should you suffer a fall.
>
> I believe, however, that safety bicycles are the wave of the future.
> I think I would go for one of them new-fangled "diamond" frames
> mentioned by Mister Ken M. I hear tell that inventive pedalcyclists
> have created an ingenious mechanism whereas the rider can select among
> various gears by pushing the chain from one cog to another using a
> lever.
>

Nonsense. I do not believe, for a minute, that safeties will catch on.
All very well for "below stairs" or fabians I imagine but hardly the
steed of a gentleman. Have you considered a velocipede?

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