My comment was not about the Iowa bike scene; it was about the abuse of the
English language. You pedal a bicycle to ride it; you peddle it if you don't
want it anymore and would rather have some money.
It is in the same league as the school principal who had no principles.
It is your f*****g mother tongue. Use it properly.
Nathan Wajsman
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On Mar 19, 2014, at 7:57 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> He might not be able to PEDAL it, but I am sure he would be able to PEDDLE
>> it if he found a tall buyer.
>
> Here in Iowa, we have this tiny little annual shindig called RAGBRAI.
> Every few years, we go through a spate of high-end bicycle thefts.
> Basically, you can "custom order" any kind of bike ever made.
>
> It's gotten better as the awareness has improved and people will keep
> an eye on their stuff, but it's still not unusual to have a few
> high-end rides vanish into thin air. The problem is that with the
> massive rolling sea of humanity, a person can disappear into the crowd
> in seconds.
>
> I've done a couple of day-ride segments in RAGBRAI and found it highly
> nerve-wracking. You are in a constant state of passing and being
> passed by other riders. The only way to avoid the crowd is to try and
> wake up before them and ride fast. Or wake up late and get run over by
> the sag wagons.
>
> The smart people, with hyper-expensive rides, will do something
> cosmetic to the bike to either make it appear like junk or add
> something unique, like a beheaded stuffed animal dressed in drag. (I'm
> not kidding). People tend to remember something like that. So, when
> you are passed by a decapitated teddy bear in high-heals, you tend to
> remember what the rider looked like.
>
>
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