Originally Posted by
tjspiel
Oh noooo. I can see how this is going to go and it's not pretty.
Before long you'll decide you don't need gears.
Then the brakes will go too.
And you'll grow a ridiculously long beard and start wearing flannel shirts...
Your only hope is that the triple digit temps of summer will put some sense back into you.
I myself have succumbed to the allure of the simple bike. Fortunately at an early age I was frightened by a mammoth Paul Bunyan statue and could never bring myself to grow a large beard or wear flannel.
LOL !..I was really tempted to remove the brakes on my fixie....but something inside tells me to keep them on for those rare times when there is a need to make a quick emergency stop, and skidding would just take too long...No flannel shirt or big beard for me but I do have a nice full goatee. Triple digit summer temps haven't prevented me from wearing my messenger bag.