Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - What Sky Yaeger has to say:

well...she isn't wrong. most people shouldn't ride fixed, brakeless. in fact, most people don't.

some do, and should. some do, and will die from it. her statement doesn't seem all that inflammatory. i would have thought that more people from ss/fg would agree than disagree.

arent the new concepts celeste?

well...she isn't wrong. most people shouldn't ride fixed, brakeless

Most people shouldn't be riding, period. Given the current bike-poison road infrastructure, the prevalance of aggressive, dumbass drivers, and the sorry state of most riders skills and bikes, riding is overall a pretty dangerous activity.

But whaddya gon do?

But whaddya gon do?

immanetize the eschaton, of course!

It's very hard to stop. It's hard on the knees. It's tiring. I tried riding on bike paths and I almost killed a woman," says John P. Smith of Alameda, Calif. The experienced road rider bought a fixie in the spring. Now he's selling it. "I only rode it 24 miles," he laments. "This trend won't last."

hahaha this guy is funny, isnt that the reason you buy a track bike. its challenging and fun. oh well. hopefully chrome pistas wont last i hate those things and everyone and their mother has one.

well...she isn't wrong. most people shouldn't ride fixed, brakeless. in fact, most people don't.

some do, and should. some do, and will die from it.

again you know the challenge your taking on. i ride brakeless and because of it am alot more cautious. know you cant slam on a lever to stop you makes you think a bit more.

well...she isn't wrong. most people shouldn't ride fixed, brakeless. in fact, most people don't.

some do, and should. some do, and will die from it.

again you know the challenge your taking on. i ride brakeless and because of it am alot more cautious. know you cant slam on a lever to stop you makes you think a bit more.


and when you're drunk, or stoned, or tired, and can't think more, you're dead.

Its classic reverse physcobabble---publically diss the hipters and contend the bike is not marketed to them---therefore, get it in people's mind that the bike is not trendy--then all counterculture snobs will start buying the bike b/c its no longer "hip"

In short, by saying the bike isnt intended for hipsters, bianchi is ensuring it will be bought by more hipsters

Wow sorry my chrome pista offends whatever fancy european track bike with phil wood hubs & a chris king headset brakeless wonder you're riding. If we ever pass each other I'll turn on the stealth mode so you won't have to hate on it. :) And don't talk about my mom. :)


hahaha this guy is funny, isnt that the reason you buy a track bike. its challenging and fun. oh well. hopefully chrome pistas wont last i hate those things and everyone and their mother has one.

Wow sorry my chrome pista offends whatever fancy european track bike with phil wood hubs & a chris king headset brakeless wonder you're riding. If we ever pass each other I'll turn on the stealth mode so you won't have to hate on it. :) And don't talk about my mom. :)


hahahahahahahahahahaha

Um...RicFlair_Fixie...I just saw that I really did guess your bike (which is sweet).
Didn't mean to be THAT much of an ass. double :)

jeff


whatever fancy european track bike with phil wood hubs & a chris king headset brakeless wonder you're riding.

hahaha dont worry about man we just got a bianchi pista epidemic over here in sf. thats why i'm hatin. good skills tho. hahah

wow, I just happen to post a little snippet out of my old-bike-fart magazine (which I've had at the shop since last wednesday, but still haven't received my copy at home yet for those who've asked) and it happens to be about (loosely) hipsters and pistas and it becomes the most viewed and responded-to thread I've ever started...

See what happens when women pipe up and give their opinion?

This is why there were no women explorers, they're unwilling to put their asses on the line to try something new!

I'll ****ing stab you.

If Sky Yaeger is so great why is she designing all the new Bianchis with sloping top tubes? Blech. Bring back the crotchety old eye-ty-yan bike designers that stick with traditional geometry frames.

if they just used traditional geometry they wouldn't really need need bike designers then would they?

seriously though, how many of those damn "can you help me make this bike a fixed gear for $20" questions have you answered in the time since you started working in a bike shop? How many of them have been from girls (or boys) exactly as described? I dunno, maybe I'm getting surly and cynical in my olditude.

You know Sam, the kids are getting smarter. They have cooler bikes, and they ask informed question when they come into the shop- at least more these days then say, 3 years ago. I still sneer at 'em.

You know Sam, the kids are getting smarter. They have cooler bikes, and they ask informed question when they come into the shop- at least more these days then say, 3 years ago. I still sneer at 'em.



I GUESS so


yay for the Irasneer!

See what happens when women pipe up and give their opinion?

This is why there were no women explorers, they're unwilling to put their asses on the line to try something new!


i still love vomitron.

if they just used traditional geometry they wouldn't really need need bike designers then would they?

Sure, they'd have to design using new alloys and shaped tubesets, all using traditional geometry (+/- a couple of degrees on the head and seat tubes).

and when you're drunk, or stoned, or tired, and can't think more, you're dead.

nah, you have to get acclimatized just the same as with any geared bike with front and rear brakes. once that happens, you're as safe in all those states as a road bike rider in all those states. which might not be totally safe, but you're at no more risk--if you're properly adjusted to the task--than any other rider.

the thing i will agree with you on, though, is that if you **** up, the results can be worse. but i disagree that the risk of ****ing up is higher, if you're properly adjusted, if you've learned how to control your bike and re-route some of the ways your mind works on your bike.

i think dynarider has a prototype of that new surly.

what was it again? the surly jaded grump? one right here.

Funny, back in the 80's Schwinn could not understand why people were buying and riding "mountain bikes" on the road , so they decided not to cater to that market. Result, massive loss of market share and now they are on their 3rd life. Bianchi and every me too bike company might be just learning from Schwinn's big mistake.Schwinn did sell mountain bikes, though, and apparently lots of them. According to an interview with Richard Schwinn in a recent Rivendell Reader, Schwinn produced and sold more MTBs than all other companies combined through the eighties, and it's probably what kept them from going under ten years sooner. Anecdotally, my very first bike was a Schwinn MTB, back in the mid-eighties, and it was rad.

Wow sorry my chrome pista offends whatever fancy european track bike with phil wood hubs & a chris king headset brakeless wonder you're riding. If we ever pass each other I'll turn on the stealth mode so you won't have to hate on it. :) And don't talk about my mom. :)

hey, i have nothing against pistas or pista riders, but anyone who buys one has to know they're just setting themselves up with a big bullseye on their backs. just use your sense of humor, take your medicine and let the rest of us have our fun! it's like any heterosexual man who drives a miata, eventually they all learn to take it in stride...

Oh ****, that place is ridiculous. I should have known.

hi, johnny come lately here.

Open End gallery. What a joke. the only time i've been there was for an opening that turned out to be a launch party for some dude's Tshirt gig. The only redeeming thing about this nite was the open bar...with a line that consisted of everyone in attendance. It's all we could do to make the bad art disapear.

anyway, hipster shmiptser. ride and have fun.

I'll ****ing stab you.
HAHAHAHA - awesomeness



dont worry about man we just got a bianchi pista epidemic over here in sf.
Looks like the US is still getting over an epidemic of pista-absorbed egocentrism too it would seem...slowly...slowly...seeping out.

I can wait for the new hate-flavor of the week...mmmm...hate-flavor. Dig in.

im glad there are all these "hipsters" who are dumping their pistas after a few months. if this wasnt the case, i probably wouldnt have an 05 pista with chris king headset and eggbeaters for 400 dollars right now

I was riding fixed gear when she was suckin on her mommas teat!

']HAHAHAHA - awesomeness



Looks like the US is still getting over an epidemic of pista-absorbed egocentrism too it would seem...slowly...slowly...seeping out.

I can wait for the new hate-flavor of the week...mmmm...hate-flavor. Dig in.

I hate NJS, Italian, Spanish, I pretty much hate everything that is not a pista. All that other **** is just ugly. And Sky is correct, everyone who rides their fixie on the street totally sucks and is to cool for school. I hate you, I hate you, I hate you. Everyone here needs to get a life, start drinking more. **** bikes that are not Pistas, you could have spent that money on your funny whiskeys.

hey, i have nothing against pistas or pista riders, but anyone who buys one has to know they're just setting themselves up with a big bullseye on their backs. just use your sense of humor, take your medicine and let the rest of us have our fun! it's like any heterosexual man who drives a miata, eventually they all learn to take it in stride...

Oh great. I just bought one-- it'll be my third fixie in three years. Oh no, I bought the hipster newbie model! I guess I should've bought an IRO....no that's too common too. I know! I should've bought a Langster! Nope, that's lame too. I guess I'll have to get something used and imported from Japan. And it better not have a drilled fork. And it better not have water bottle mounts. And it better have steel drops. And it better have a white Turbo saddle. And it better have steel clips and leather straps.


Or if I can't afford that maybe I'll just take the decals off and if anyone asks what kind of frame I ride I'll just pretend I didn't hear them.

**** sky yaeger AND the gawker.

read teh aNYthing blog

I hate NJS, Italian, Spanish, I pretty much hate everything that is not a pista. All that other **** is just ugly. And Sky is correct, everyone who rides their fixie on the street totally sucks and is to cool for school. I hate you, I hate you, I hate you. Everyone here needs to get a life, start drinking more. **** bikes that are not Pistas, you could have spent that money on your funny whiskeys.

wow. juvi speaks the truth.

mmm...whiskey...payday tomorrow...whiskey follows soon after.

All of this confusion and commotion for something a WOMAN said? Have we all become slaves?

The feminists and lesbians have truly triumphed, my brothers, and we are the sad evidence.

http://vancouver.craigslist.org/bik/134567132.html

booya!

All of this confusion and commotion for something a WOMAN said? Have we all become slaves?

The feminists and lesbians have truly triumphed, my brothers, and we are the sad evidence.

Didn't you get stabbed already?

"Unskilled riders" don't ride fixed gear for very long. They either get skilled, or put the bike away, or sell it on ebay with some lame-ass explanation about why the nibs are still on the tires.

Whichever way it goes down I fail to see a problem for Bianchi.

we all talk about how "skilled" and ***** ya have to be to be ridin' fixed and all--well ya know what? it ain't really that hard--skiddin', trackstands, skippin', etc. it's just ****in' NOT. as athletic skills go, i repeat, it's just NOT THAT HARD!! it's way fun fo' sho', WAY fun, but don't kid yerselfs that you're doin' anything extraordinary. it's just ridin' bikes. little kids do it every day fer chrissakes! :) :D :)

we all talk about how "skilled" and ***** ya have to be to be ridin' fixed and all--well ya know what? it ain't really that hard--skiddin', trackstands, skippin', etc. it's just ****in' NOT. as athletic skills go, i repeat, it's just NOT THAT HARD!! it's way fun fo' sho', WAY fun, but don't kid yerselfs that you're doin' anything extraordinary. it's just ridin' bikes. little kids do it every day fer chrissakes! :) :D :)

I agree. It's more difficult than riding say a coaster brake bike, but not as hard to learn as people make out. Once you take the training wheels off you've already learned the most difficult skill to riding a bike: not falling over.