To compensate, some manufacturers will even slightly alter the geometry of a commuter cycle, perhaps tilting the seat post at a different angle, but that could potentially lead to shorter riders being forced into a more hunched or horizontal position.

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Americans would have been promised universal coverage and insurers would have been forced to accept everyone regardless of their state of health but free riders could easily avoid paying into the system until they fell sick.

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Because these reforms make health insurance more expensive, the government's lawyers claim that unless everyone is forced to buy health insurance, too many healthy people will sit on the market sidelines as "free riders" until they become ill.

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