Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - RIP Skidstrong

Check out the blog from the skidstrong guys. Lancey-pants shut 'em down.

http://checkoutmyskidmark.blogspot.com/

so is that another win for lance? hes unstoppable!

"We started using the name Skidstrong back in May 2004, the same time that the LAF came out with their wristbands. A local customer saw our yellow-rimmed wheels in the window, and said "Cool wheels! They remind of those new yellow bands! You should call them Skidstrong!" So we did."

And then...

"No one, once, has commented on the Skidstrong name sounding like Livestrong. So when we were served papers a few weeks ago, it was literally news to us."

Sure, they didn't.

It's called selective hearing and tunnel vision.

i'd rather go buy formulas and deep v's and build'em my self

What a Crock of Shi t

Does anyone else think that Skidstrong was a stupid name anyway? I think the new name is way classier.

How come they haven't come down on drunkcyclist.com for the livewrong compaign? That sounds even more similar, in my mind, and does nearly exactly the same thing as skidstrong, only their bracelets are black and their cash goes towards preserving Arizona trails.

Seems pretty lame either way.

Does anyone else think that Skidstrong was a stupid name anyway? I think the new name is way classier.

Yes. I could never quite articulate why, but I definitely thought it was stupid. Maybe a bit too riotgrrl for my tastes, or maybe I just couldn't really identify with the implied ethos. I mean, skidding is cool, but it's not, like, the best part of riding or anything. "Trackstar NYC" remains a way cooler name.

Does anyone else think that Skidstrong was a stupid name anyway? I think the new name is way classier.
I agree that the new name is better, and didn't really like "Skidstrong" but I think that they had to change it because of LAF is totally bull. Especially since LAF didn't reply about giving any $ to the BMEF. Both organizations are only trying to generate cash for worthy causes.

I didn't care for Skidstrong, but @#$# Lance now. I hope he looses another testical.

Makes me want to buy skidstrong now if not just to say @#$@# you Lance. Though, I agree with both causes at heart.

Oh the dichotomy...

I think my girlfriend knows that Fergus guy doing the incredibly awkward looking trackstand in one of the photos on that blog.

Also, I doubt Lance Armstrong had anything to do with the Skidstrong thing getting shut down. I'm sure he has a team of legal goons who think about this stuff so he doesn't have to. The request to donate money probably never crossed his desk either. I would imagine that the lawyers would dismiss that out of hand for the really bad precedent it would set. I could start a campaign called "Lidstrong" that raised money for people who can't afford hats, wait to get shut down by Livestrong Inc. and then demand money for the hatless based on the fact that they gave money to another charitable/n.f.p. organization that bit their copyright.

m.

Does this mean we're going to see "RARE originial Skidstrong bicycle bike fixie messenger courier memorabilia" all over eBay and Craigslist?

skidstrong as a name kinda made sense since i first saw it applied to their wheels. it didn't make me think of livestrong (nor was i confused between the two).

also, i highly doubt lance is behind the legal measures. in fact, i highly doubt he has anything to do with the functioning of the LAF, aside being a figurehead.

I didn't care for Skidstrong, but @#$# Lance now. I hope he looses another testical.

Be careful, keep raising his ire and he just might loose a testical upon all of us.

<lance>Forward, Testical! Crush the uni-geared infidels, with their defense of an unclever reference to a pop culture phenomenon!</lance>

Lance just hates fundementalists like the next guy, give him a brake

the way the law works, if you own a brand you're required to defend it if you want to keep it.
i'm not saying it's right, just how it is.

give him a brake, he already has two, whats the need for a third? frankly, im sure he could do without any....

we might have to give up" one less car " wich dosent really bother me all that much, we kinda just fell into that name. we are thinking about "True Till Death" it just sounds cooler.

I think my girlfriend knows that Fergus guy doing the incredibly awkward looking trackstand in one of the photos on that blog.

Also, I doubt Lance Armstrong had anything to do with the Skidstrong thing getting shut down. I'm sure he has a team of legal goons who think about this stuff so he doesn't have to. The request to donate money probably never crossed his desk either. I would imagine that the lawyers would dismiss that out of hand for the really bad precedent it would set. I could start a campaign called "Lidstrong" that raised money for people who can't afford hats, wait to get shut down by Livestrong Inc. and then demand money for the hatless based on the fact that they gave money to another charitable/n.f.p. organization that bit their copyright.

m.

I am skeptical of the whole thing altogether... Skidstrong isn't that derivative of Livestrong andway. It isn't like the skidstrong thing ever grew that large anyway. Look how long it took the WWF to go after the WWF.

i always prefered NWO, WCW, or UFC to the WWF.

we might have to give up" one less car " wich dosent really bother me all that much, we kinda just fell into that name. we are thinking about "True Till Death" it just sounds cooler.

who is claiming it?

Lance just hates fundementalists like the next guy, give him a brake
True. Fundamentalism is the new American Religion.

more reason to dislike sh1tstrong

I doubt lance has anything to do with it, and frankly I like Livestrong as a whole and what they do. Popular or not, trendy wristbands or not, they do good things.

sorry to derail this thread really quick, but does anyone know what kind of bars are pictured here?

http://www.gaansari.com/skidstrong/img/skidstrong-black-Gary.jpg

They look like really low profile cruiser/risers, anyone know exactly what kind?

Those look like On-One Mary bars to me.

I think my girlfriend knows that Fergus guy doing the incredibly awkward looking trackstand in one of the photos on that blog.


Indeed she does.

I think I met him at Hellyer when I lived in San Jo.

Those look like On-One Mary bars to me.


Gary just emailed me back and confirmed that they are On-One Mary bars- good eye Jim-Bob!

uhm, it's testicle.

lance is a jagoff, that is true. also, it is probably true that he had nothing to do with this. he is a jagoff for other reasons.

that said, it was surprising how many people jumped on his team to defend him.

finally, jagoff or not, i'm not sure mocking his cancer is fair. leaving your wife for sheryl crow, now that might be something to mock.

who is claiming it?

ONE LESS CAR
Goods and Services IC 042. US 100 101. G & S: Consulting services, namely, providing consultations to others in the field of bicycling and pedestrian safety; lobbying services, namely, advocating for the interests of bicyclists and pedestrians. FIRST USE: 19981221. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19981221
Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING
Design Search Code
Serial Number 75639248
Filing Date February 8, 1999
Current Filing Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A
Published for Opposition March 5, 2002
Registration Number 2572520
Registration Date May 28, 2002
Owner (REGISTRANT) Locomotion in Favor of the Earth, Inc. CORPORATION MARYLAND 3714 Bay Drive Edgewater MARYLAND 21037
Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

i contacted them over a month ago and asked what they wanted me to do. still havent heard yet. checking the mail is kinda scary.