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		arcwhite on Feb 3, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don't make fun of renowned author Dan Brown (2013) YT's skateboard introduces the telescopic contact smartwheels pretty early on as a Courier essential. I don't recall Hiro's motorcycle being much a part of the story, it might also have had the smartwheels but isn't discussed until later...

calmbonsai on Feb 3, 2025 [–]

Yep. His motorcycle is introduced in great detail and then afterwards Stephenson deliberately trolls us with "...after that, it's just a chase scene" and it's never mentioned again. ;)

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