Re: Good kid dies biking on Manhattan Bridge

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:09:05 -0500, Don Wiss <donwiss@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:39:41 -0500, dgk <dgk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>Maybe, but he wasn't inexperienced. If he's riding fixies with
>>Critical Mass I'd guess he knew his stuff.
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>Is that a fixie in this picture?
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>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/11/18/2007-11-18_son_of_brooklyn_brewery_owner_27_killed_-1.html
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>Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

I sure can't tell from the picture. But the Newday article had this
paragraph:

Sam Hindy earned a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University,
then worked for the software company Endeca in Cambridge, Mass., where
he took up fixed-gear cycling. Two months ago, he was hired as a
computer engineer for the Internet advertising company DoubleClick in
Manhattan.

I'm no expert on fixies but my understanding is that folks who like
fixies really like them and don't go back. I could, easily, be wrong
about what he was riding that night.