imagine racing 9 days on a fixed gear bicycle
across some of the toughest terrain in california
doing the same hills as those using gears
then imagine coming to the finish line
in your home town of pasadena
then imagine a fucking rent-a-cop tackling you before you cross
something to do with rules and regulations about the bike he was riding i suppose
not too many details available right now
read more at the
mash blogand here at
arktipi saw this over at simon's blog
hipster nascarwhere he makes this great deduction;
"put a person in a structural position where they have power, even if that power is minuscule and extends only as far, say, as protecting a finish line in a bike race, and when that power is challenged they will often react disproportionately, because some people just seem to become so identifed with their alloted role that they feel personally threatened when that role is threatened. Garrett riding across the line wouldn't have caused any harm to the ToC or the city of Pasedena. We all know this. But in the moment, that official was reacting not to the idea of someone riding across the line, but to the idea of someone resisting him."
comes complete with freewheel, discman, and some sort of twisty handle brake
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