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Eejit
Not this morning's commute, but a weird moment on the way home. Cycling up Mare Street, I look to my right and see a guy on a hybrid with negative rake on his forks, like on one of those old track bikes for motor-paced events (derney bikes? something like that). In the dark I didn't initially spot that there was a front brake sat behind the crown. Asked him why his fork was on backwards and he said "What?" so I suggested that he might find the bike rides better with the front wheel turned all the way around, and he told me "It's a work bike - this is how they gave it to me." and rode off in a slightly wobbly fashion.
Not blaming the guy for not knowing, but who on Earth sends a bike out of the workshop looking like that?