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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: connected lights
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:43:10 -0400
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On 9/13/2024 9:36 AM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 9/13/2024 8:15 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>> AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>> On 9/12/2024 8:57 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>> On 9/12/2024 8:50 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>>> On 9/12/2024 6:45 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>>>> On 9/12/2024 5:40 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:13:42 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>>>>>>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Understood. Your near-default point is "Everyone's
>>>>>>>> decision is correct."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My frequent point is "You don't need to go to extremes
>>>>>>>> to be safe,
>>>>>>>> especially on a bike."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My frequent point is that safe is a subjective evaluation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I feel safe on a bicycle sidepath, you don't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You feel safe on a bicycle sidepath only if you've got a
>>>>>> handgun ready to draw and fire within a second or two.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Correct. Suits his situation, in his personal evaluation.
>>>>>
>>>>> As always, when seconds matter, 911 is just twenty minutes
>>>>> away.
>>>>
>>>> "His situation" is shared by many other path users. I'm
>>>> betting he's the only one so afraid as to never ride without
>>>> his gun.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe not for those previously mugged.
>>>
>> There seems to be lack of equipment to carry a gun on a bike, and indeed
>> it’s not mentioned by American YouTubers and so on.
>>
>> It appears not to be sold which suggests doesn’t really have a market, 
>> and
>> you can buy all sorts of cycling accessories for you phone and so on.
>>
>> Let alone that from how he described it, it’s a nice pleasurable place to
>> ride. Doesn’t sound risky or deprived which often are linked for well
>> reasons.
>>
>> That he wants to and so on, well that’s his choice and so on but doesn’t
>> sound like he rides in a risky area.
>>
> Easily fabricated as Mr Tricycle has or just one click on Amazon:
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/bikase-gunkase-motorcycle-subcompact-handguns/dp/ 
> b0839m7t3y

Roger said "don't really have a market." Well, certainly not a large 
market! That holster is marketed to motorcyclists and others as well as 
bicyclists; and as an indication of its popularity, it has 99 ratings by 
customers.

By contrast, the cell phone holder at the bottom of the same page has 
54,000 customer ratings. 99 vs. 54,000. Seems the crowd of terrified 
cyclists is small indeed!

-- 
- Frank Krygowski