what was the question? OH! wheels and support!

mark duff

2007-04-03

Velodevi-
Emails with no signed name?? What gives??
Could you sign your name so we all know who you are... it's only
professional.
This is one big Famn Damily... :) even if it can get dysfunctional at times.
Oh - my name...
Mark Duff
www.veloforma.com

>From: umadev
>To: obra@list.obra.org
>Subject: [OBRA Chat] what was the question? OH! wheels and support!
>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 14:12:33 -0700
>
>For what it's worth, wheels in = wheels out seems pretty simple to me
>if neutral support isn't available. No wheels + you flat = you walk or
>wait to be picked up! Am I to understand my "wheels in" would be given
>to the first person to flat? Hmm. I thought that's what "neutral"
>support is.
>
>If I had wheels in and a Masters men's race went of later than mine and
>my wheels were taken to be used in the men's race, I'd probably not be
>too happy about it. So I sympathize with the guy who was not too happy
>about his wheels being taken for a women's race.
>
>I didn't have spares with me on Sunday (bad, i know... I have a good
>reason) but I didn't expect to be saved by someone else's wheels if I
>flatted either. I figured if I flatted I'd be SOL to put it delicately.
>
>But this isn't a gender issue, it's about personal responsibility,
>period.
>
>By the way... Someone mentioned there'd been an email sent out about no
>neutral support for PoC... I missed that email, possibly because i have
>only so much patience for scrolling through the rants and raves--I
>mean, discussions--that should be had privately, rather than publicly.
>
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umadev

2007-04-03

For what it's worth, wheels in = wheels out seems pretty simple to me
if neutral support isn't available. No wheels + you flat = you walk or
wait to be picked up! Am I to understand my "wheels in" would be given
to the first person to flat? Hmm. I thought that's what "neutral"
support is.

If I had wheels in and a Masters men's race went of later than mine and
my wheels were taken to be used in the men's race, I'd probably not be
too happy about it. So I sympathize with the guy who was not too happy
about his wheels being taken for a women's race.

I didn't have spares with me on Sunday (bad, i know... I have a good
reason) but I didn't expect to be saved by someone else's wheels if I
flatted either. I figured if I flatted I'd be SOL to put it delicately.

But this isn't a gender issue, it's about personal responsibility,
period.

By the way... Someone mentioned there'd been an email sent out about no
neutral support for PoC... I missed that email, possibly because i have
only so much patience for scrolling through the rants and raves--I
mean, discussions--that should be had privately, rather than publicly.