NJ legislators just approved bill #2686, which bans bicycles with quick-release wheels!
I usually don’t take this sort of public stance but this is a little outrageous. When used properly quick-releases are just as safe as bolting on a wheel. A bolt on wheel can be installed improperly just like a quick-release wheel!
If you live in NJ please contact your Assemblymen and Senators now to defeat this bill! If you don’t please contact them and explain how outrageous this legislation is.
Assemblymen: Jon Bramnick 908-232-3673; Reed Gusciora 609-292-0500; Joan Voss 201-346-6400; David Mayer 856-227-5900; Paul Moriarty 856-232-6700. Click for contact info for the Senator in your district. Click here to find your district. You may also contact the commerce-committee chairperson.
About Ernest
Ernest is the owner of the Crofton Bike Doctor located in the Village of Waugh Chapel Shopping Center. Ernest has been in the industry since 1989 when he first started to work at the Bike Doctor of Arnold. During that time I developed a love for cycling and retail. I graduated from the University of Maryland and live and ride locally.
I enjoy riding off road and on the road as well as doing a little bike touring. As a teenager I did a trip in Maine and then over to Novia Scotia which helped cement my love for riding. Since then I have done tours in the Canyons of Utah as well as several trips along the C&O Canal. Today I have both mountain bikes and road bikes that I enjoy riding. One of the most exciting things now is my wife is beginning to develop a passion for riding and we have begun mountain bike together as well as some light road riding.
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