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"when a man wearing skintight pants is behaving more sensibly than you..."

Matt Haughey

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Here in Portland, Maine there are plenty of people still using derailleurs, but very few people wear helmets. The only consistently helmeted group are the road bikers/spandex pod people; when a man wearing skintight pants is behaving more sensibly than you perhaps it's time for some self-reflection.

-- selfnoise on "What's up with all the fixies?"

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