Well, I will toss a little input here. If you were a participant of a bicycle shop or company or in the industry, there was a lot of respect lost for him at this point when all this occured. I also never heard any regrets from him on the subject of taking part. It did indeed change many things. He lost mojo with me. just my two pennies...which i hope to get back this weekend at Trexlertown. See me at are 75.
Walter Skrzypek
Falls Creek, Pa
> At 6:53 PM -0700 10/9/02, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> > John Howard's participation in the "I was riding along and
> >my quick release opened" court case did nothing for John Howard's mojo.
>
> Anybody who can ride a bike at over 150 mph has mojo to spare. I met
> and talked to him a few years ago and got the impression that the
> whole QR controversy bothered him. If anyone would like a little
> overview on John's testimony <http://www.swhlaw.com/cyclwin.htm>.
> All I see is a citizen of the state telling a personal story about a
> bicycle accident. I don't see where it should be John Howard's job
> to lie under oath just so the bike industry can avoid a lawsuit. I'm
> sure John isn't too happy what the lawsuit has done for his
> reputation. I don't think he did anything legally wrong and I see no
> reason why this incident seems to have wiped out all the other great
> things he did before the lawsuit.
> enjoy,
> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
> SB, CA
>
> PS: John was my first major cycling hero so maybe I'm a bit biased.
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