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We did think about this, but most are brakeless and therefore give ride to too much risk, especially in the context of a group ride with third party (and other) liability issues - lfgss or the relevant organiser could be held responsible
Icarus are proper #chavsonbikes - there are major systematic failings with the police as an institution but is the best solution to do wheelies at them?
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Hey there
lfgss or the relevant organiser could be held responsible
Fair enough, I just thought these were casual things, not really organised as such. If someone calls a ride and someone else shanks themself on it with an accident, is the person who initially posts it on a forum responsible for them? I'm not a lawyer, and admittedly wouldn't look into these things when organising a ride out.
You could always invite them and say it's a long hilly ride and they need a hand brake, or shouldn't come.
I was on forum rides before in the past where people were riding brakeless down hills and that. But I know we've all grown up and are more responsible etc. now.
Icarus are proper #chavsonbikes
I don't know them that well to be honest - I might know a couple of them, not sure if they're aligned with them or what - but calling other cycling crews names like that probably isn't going to help if you want to increase the reach for the rides. We were all young and anti-police at some stage (and some still might be) and did dangerous things on bikes. I prefer to give them some rope in these matters.
dubkev
Dan: I feel like there are lots of cycling collectives out there on Instagram that don't seem to have much connection with the forum - fixed pirates, fixedwitches, Icarus, and so on. You might have seen them participate in the cycling sequence of the brit awards. To increase participation and diversity it might be worth reaching out to them.
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