Thursday, February 24, 2011
media portrayal: iminusd, kiet do the newscaster, and the word "fixie"
i feel like this singles out fixed riding a little too much. after doing some reasearch, i found that it wasnt so much that the bike was brakeless, it was more about the level of experience the rider had. now i'm not condemning channel 5 cbs news (especially since they went to iminusd and talked to jeff and nhan- most newscasters would go to a snobby bike shop what is very anti-fixed), but i feel portrayed ineffeciently. however, the other side was accounted for which was nice. how do you guys feel about what happened?
jmik
2 comments:
awareness of your surroundings is the most important thing regardless of the method of transportation that's getting you from points a to b to c. homie could have had breaks and same thing would have happened if he wasn't paying attention. feel bad for the old lady - good post.
that's my point exactly- the focus shouldn't have been on the lack of brakes, it should have been on how much experience he had on his bike. it's not the bike's fault, it has a means of stopping so blame the rider for being ill prepared. good to know that i'm not crazy. =]
jmik
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