Mission Bicycle Company, which is known for being: A) located on Valencia Street and B) producing colorful custom fixed-gear bicycles, is branching out their product line to something far more utilitarian: a bicycle with multiple gears and a full set of brakes. Or, as Mission Bicycle Co. put it in a blog post: a bike "uniquely designed for city riding" rather than say, one designed for the velodrome.
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Mission Bicycle Company Bucks Trend, Produces Bike With Gears, Brakes
Parisians Less Snobby Than San Franciscans
When it comes to bikes, anyway. From the New York Times' report on Fixies in Paris:
Fixie Rider Injured
This just in from the SFBike mailing list. "Does anyone know if this guy is OK? No Darwin jokes please. 'Park Station Officers responded to Divisadero and Golden Gate Ave with regard to a injury accident bicycle versus vehicle. The officers contacted the bicycle rider who stated he was riding his friend's "track bike" that does not have brakes down Golden Gate Ave. The bike is stopped by skidding...'"
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