Posted on 08/03/2009 11:33:43 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
SEATTLE -- An Everett mother says she's outraged over a weekend protest full of naked cyclists.
The group was riding along the Seattle waterfront Friday night wearing nothing but smiles to expose some of the dangers they face.
But not everyone was smiling.
"I looked and there were naked men with their genitals hanging out," said Marcy Hayes, who was there with her 6-year-old daughter Ashland. "I'm yelling at my daughter to look away."
Hayes says she and her daughter walked out of the Seattle Aquarium and right into the path of a pack of cyclists and all their nakedness.
"I just can't believe this is allowed," she said. "I don't understand what law would say it is OK."
When it comes to naked cyclists, Seattle police have a high tolerance. They said it's not illegal to be naked in public unless you provoke or offend someone.
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You and Eddy Merckx.
Bet it takes a while to build a wheel.
Hope your roads are good. Around here, you'd need a chiropractor by the time you rode thirty miles.
I was in the business from the mid-70's until the early 90's, and wheel building was my specialty. Probably did 200 pairs a year at the peak, so I could lace, tension and true in 15 minutes. I cut and threaded my own spokes with one of the Phil Wood machines, buying blank DT's in the 312mm length. Tying and soldering did take time though.
Wow. It took me at least an hour. I'm a 32-hole low-flange guy. It really helped take up the shock coming down hills on rough pavement.
It’s run in a Sodom & Gomorrah way that makes God go mad.
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