I sed: """ i have a beat raleigh sports 1966 flavor that <snip> I am in the midst of turning it into some sort of coasterbraked townie <snip> """
--- Harvey Sachs <hmsachs@verizon.net> repld: """ I don't know you, don't know your weight, and don't remember the hilliness of Albuquerque. I've seen messengers in Copenhagen riding high-zoot Italian bikes fitted with coasters, but I just don't think that they were designed for adults in hilly terraine.
<snip> Besides, as we've talked about repeatedly on this list, I trust that the coaster would not be in lieu of a front brake, which can pull the bike to a stop twice as fast. """
I say:
Harvey,
i not live in piddlyflat albuquerque, so don't worry! I live in the high mountains of los alamos, AND I am a svelt 190 lbs.
I seem to recall that you ride around on a wooden rimmed 1930's paramont fixie?
But in my defense, like most mountain towns, the town part is on a flat part surrounded by mountains, and I probably will run a front brake. But I do have years on not svelt adult experience riding coaster brakes, including a couple years of a very hilly commute on a 1940's 24" jc higgens girls bike. I figure that I will survive unless I start taking the mountain passes on it.
Later
Tarik
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