There are hardly any hipster cyclists riding fixies in China
"There are very few people in China who think that the bicycle is a cool thing,"
Another good line
"three rounds and a sound"—bicycle, clock, sewing machine, radio—were the essentials a man was expected to provide his wife.
"It'd been worth him doing it just so I could've caught him doing it."
When Zembsch asked appellant where he got the bicycle, appellant said he had purchased it at REI for $1,700. Zembsch responded, "Well, that's odd, because that is my bicycle." Zembsch had the receipt for the service order regarding his bicycle and told appellant he could prove the bicycle was his and had cost him $400. After arguing for about 15 minutes, Zembsch notified the transit center security guard of the dispute and the police were called.
San Rafael Police Officer Drolla then arrested appellant and searched the backpack. The search revealed tools, including pliers, screwdrivers, a small saw, Allen wrenches, tin snips, needle-nose pliers, and telephone apparatus.
Which reminds me, I was at Ted's Bulletin on 8th St SE on Friday night and they were showing Ladri Di Biciclette. I hadn't seen it in years, and I forgot about the scene where he goes to see the fortune teller. That Pee Wee also sees a fortune teller to determine the location of his stolen bike in Big Adventure can't be a coincidence.
The NY Times compares the outcomes of two similar cop vs. cyclist incidents, the one in which a young rookie cop was found guilty of a criminal offense, and the case of a Sergeant who was neither prosecuted nor fired.
Sergeant Horohoe, however, was out of the camera’s view until a split second before the cyclist, Richard Vazquez, went down, making it hard to tell what, if any, contact there was between the two men. The ensuing fracas, in which the police made several arrests, is also difficult to follow on the footage, which was recorded by cyclists that night. Sergeant Horohoe’s role in those arrests was at the center of the accusations against him.
Sergeant Horohoe said that when he put up his hands, Mr. Vazquez bicycled into his outstretched palms. The sergeant said he did not knock Mr. Vazquez off his bike; rather, he said, Mr. Vazquez dismounted on his own and tried to flee from the police.
“Given the available video footage,” the report said, “this account is rather absurd on its face.”
Sergeant Horohoe’s story, the report said, “suggests malicious intent on his part but also, and more importantly, demonstrates that he knew his actions to be improper under the circumstances.”
Outside Montreal, a truck driver rear-ended a group of six cyclists who were traveling to a triathlon training event, killing three.
The accident occurred on a straight stretch of the highway just before 10 a.m., when the eastbound pick-up truck came up behind the cyclists, who were also heading east in single file along the shoulder of the road. The speed limit on that road is 90 kilometres an hour, but nearby residents say drivers typically drive much faster.
The truck driver was not injured. Police said he attempted to administer first aid to at least one of the victims after the accident.
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