Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Frank Krygowski Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Most significant advance in bike technology for speed? Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 20:51:37 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <3l98pj1sdf0rg51lv03l2vgf36guvquj4s@4ax.com> <54h0qjpr6cplhtbpcncn57rarfe06mlape@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 02:51:42 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="46f0dfc453c37aed12718eb4d1d26fc3"; logging-data="1651587"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18OfAKkaUMua5n/LCH0skRqqwGbpuRlMno=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:nMCBlzGYiT8IH2Nz5GTfXvY7cH8= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2849 On 2/3/2025 10:12 AM, AMuzi wrote: > On 2/3/2025 8:54 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: >> >> Youngstown has much more crime than Poland. So does Philadelphia, >> Cleveland, DC, LA, Atlanta, Oklahoma City, etc etc etc >> >> But I've ridden in all of them, always unarmed. I've ridden in most >> neighborhoods in Youngstown. The worst crime I ever encountered was to >> have a cyclometer swiped, once in Poland Township, once in Ireland. >> >> After 70+ years of such experiences, am I really supposed to pretend >> "This could be the day I'll have to blow somebody away to save my life"? >> >> No. At some point, repeatedly fearing something that has never >> happened crosses over into phobia. >> > > Yes, small but not zero. > p.s. nice snip. Andrew, you've certainly been here long enough to understand the ancient Usenet recommendation to trim content except what one's responding to. I notice that practice has faded. We have posts that roll on for screen after screen after screen, six or seven responses deep. But trimming is still a good idea. As always, a person can scroll upward to see what was posted. Usenet doesn't forget. -- - Frank Krygowski