http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/19/orange-crate-scooter-has-ball-bearing-wheels/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/19/orange-crate-scooter-has-ball-bearing-wheels/comment-page-1/#comment-1094807 Where your Butt meets the seat. | Texas On The Go Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:08:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/19/orange-crate-scooter-has-ball-bearing-wheels/#comment-1094807 [...] I was a kid we had these old scooters.  Made from an old fruite crate, 2 x 4 and old pair of roller skates. Nothing to sit on so that [...] [...] I was a kid we had these old scooters.  Made from an old fruite crate, 2 x 4 and old pair of roller skates. Nothing to sit on so that [...]

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/19/orange-crate-scooter-has-ball-bearing-wheels/comment-page-1/#comment-1058384 Tim Tracy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:39:40 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/19/orange-crate-scooter-has-ball-bearing-wheels/#comment-1058384 You can tell he's itching to do some handplants with that You can tell he’s itching to do some handplants with that

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/19/orange-crate-scooter-has-ball-bearing-wheels/comment-page-1/#comment-1017493 NikFromNYC Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:52:38 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/19/orange-crate-scooter-has-ball-bearing-wheels/#comment-1017493 Newswire 2007 NYC: over burdonsome mothers and their henpecked husbands force their kids to ride miniature "Big Wheels" with long broomstick handles attached to their back, or with wild abandon let them use those TWO INCH OFF THE PAVEMENT push scooters (Razor brand) which now cost about $20 instead of the $120 they originally were, but they ALL fork over $65 for a HELMET!!! I think women in high heal shoes need a helmet more than a kid on a two inch high scooter! Did you also know that bicycle riders who wear helmets die more often than those who do not. For two reasons. First, the usual $125 carbon fiber streamlined helmet does not extend down far enough in the back to protect the skull. And second, according to the Law of Unintended consequences is the "SUV Effect" in that since they feel safer they ride with less paranoia about being turned into a pancake by a bus. In NYC, it's not the taxis you must worry about. It's the insane bus drivers who often signal the wrong way, and then utterly ignore one's right of way as a pedestrian. The taxi drivers? They are pros at avoiding wage-killing accidents, even though half don't use deodorant for "religious" reasons, though I suspect passive-aggression to play a large factor as well. Newswire 2007 NYC: over burdonsome mothers and their henpecked husbands force their kids to ride miniature “Big Wheels” with long broomstick handles attached to their back, or with wild abandon let them use those TWO INCH OFF THE PAVEMENT push scooters (Razor brand) which now cost about $20 instead of the $120 they originally were, but they ALL fork over $65 for a HELMET!!! I think women in high heal shoes need a helmet more than a kid on a two inch high scooter! Did you also know that bicycle riders who wear helmets die more often than those who do not. For two reasons. First, the usual $125 carbon fiber streamlined helmet does not extend down far enough in the back to protect the skull. And second, according to the Law of Unintended consequences is the “SUV Effect” in that since they feel safer they ride with less paranoia about being turned into a pancake by a bus. In NYC, it’s not the taxis you must worry about. It’s the insane bus drivers who often signal the wrong way, and then utterly ignore one’s right of way as a pedestrian. The taxi drivers? They are pros at avoiding wage-killing accidents, even though half don’t use deodorant for “religious” reasons, though I suspect passive-aggression to play a large factor as well.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/19/orange-crate-scooter-has-ball-bearing-wheels/comment-page-1/#comment-15520 Kryten007 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 20:15:00 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/19/orange-crate-scooter-has-ball-bearing-wheels/#comment-15520 They forgot the soup-can fake headlight! They forgot the soup-can fake headlight!

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