[YellowBike] no fork mods, says mass bike law

[Rob[ert] Anderson]

theFuck?
why in the world would they care about long forked bikes... all I can
figure is that they were
afraid of young kids endangering themselves, but none of them are gonna be
welding.  Either that or schwinn (makers of the stingray, the only
factory made chopper as far as I know) bribed them, seeing people doing
what they were doing long before schwinn tried to sell it to them as
unfairly hindering their profits.
         The Critical Mass stuff is crazy.  Just a few years ago the cops
loved Critical Mass from what I hear.  But for the last year and a half
or so I keep hearing about people getting fucked with worse and worse just
trying to participate. I've actually also heard about the police driving
cars straight into the critical mass rides to force people to stop riding.
Is is true what I hear that the problem is biggest in NYC?  The NYPD tends
to be particularly nasty to any kind of protestor, on a bike or otherwise.
Rob


On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Aaron Wieler wrote:

> Massbike compiles current cycling-related law. so at least one guy read the
> law and put it on the website.
>
> I don't know if law enforcement knows much about biking law. they certainly
> don't listen to current legal rulings in NYC, where a federal judge ruled
> that critical mass was legal. the next ride, cops ran into cyclists with
> their motorcycles and arrested them. so reports people on new york
> indymedia.
>
> I was looking for laws relaveant to bike trailers. a bike trailer carrying a
> person is supposed to have a permanent seat. or a regular seat.
>
> here's the law:
>
> Operators of bicycles shall be subject to the following regulations:
>
> The operator shall ride single file on any way except when passing.
>
>
> (i) The operator shall ride only upon or astride a permanent and regular
> seat attached to the bicycle; a passenger shall ride only upon or astride a
> permanent and regular seat attached to the bicycle or to a trailer towed by
> the bicycle.
>
>
> how about this regular seat: recliner. I think I could fit one on one of my
> bike trailers.
>
> "Joshua Marvel" once wrote:
>
> > Bizzare. The real question is, has anyone other than you actually heard of
> > this law?
> >
> >
> > --- Aaron Wieler <afw01 at hampshire.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> http://massbike.org/bikelaw/mass.htm
> >>
> >> mass bike laws. ready for one?
> >>
> >> Chapter 85, Section 11 B.
> >>
> >> No bicycle shall be operated upon a way with handlebars so raised that
> >> the
> >> operator's hands are above his shoulders while gripping them.  Any
> >> alteration to extend the fork of a bicycle from the original design and
> >> construction of the bicycle manufacturer is prohibited.
> >>
> >> No choppers, no fork extensions. what about tallbikes, do you think?
> >>
> >> aaron
> >>
> >>
> >>
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