Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Dutret

I for one want dutret to come back. How about you?
We need him here.
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Vote your peace.

i want him to come back, but only after somebody else has tried to take his place on the boards. then they can fight it out and be rivals.

He posted (http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=389435) this week over in the Track forum.

Voted to have him back.

How strange: initially I thought he was a ******bag, but as time went on, I really started to admire him. And now, there's very few BF patrons that I respect as much as I do dutret.

The guy is pure class-act.

I for one want dutret to come back. We need him and left behind is a hole where he used to be here. :(
Vote your peace.

yeah, let's trade you for dutret

yeah, let's trade you for dutret

Go make a thread for it. :)

I'm not sure we can petition our MP's to make a law that reinstates dutret, but yeah... I miss him a lot. I don't even get why he quit posting after that argument... argument seemed to be what he came here for in the first place.

There are lots of grumpy curmudgeons all over this board, but plenty of them are just opinionated blowhards with no better idea what's going on than anybody else. Dutret is at least a curmudgeon who really knows his *****. Maybe he's a little abrasive, but I think that's mostly b/c he just can't handle letting BS slide. You've got to admire that at least a little bit.

yeah, let's trade you for dutret

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Make a thread or a poll you whiner. Ill gladly leave if the votes show it.
Otherwise youre just another one who talks about how good it USED to be in 06' or some crap. :)

what would actually be awesome is less junk like this and more conversations about bicycles.

i mean seriously, if you miss him, send an email.
seriously, at least try to talk about bike stuff on bike forums...

what would actually be awesome is less junk like this and more conversations about bicycles.


Uh, ok.
How about you and I both make a post about bikes in the name of that cause?
Deal?

what would actually be awesome is less junk like this and more conversations about bicycles.
seriously, at least try to talk about bike stuff on bike forums...
http://angryflower.com/fun.gif

Uh, ok.
How about you and I both make a post about bikes in the name of that cause?
Deal?

deal. this is going to be great!

http://adoptedaustralian.net/glorylibertymix/forty/19%20Queen%20-%20Dont%20Stop%20Me%20Now.mp3

I think he's spending his time getting a PhD or something. It probably takes a lot of energy to be a Dutret.

deathhare and dutret are funny, id like to vote some mods off the island though

deathhare and dutret are funny, id like to vote some mods off the island though

+1E12

so dutret knows some stuff about bikes

how does that warrant berating people and turning thread after thread into nitpicking petty arguments
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Um, Dutret hasn't gone anywhere (http://www.bikeforums.net/member.php?u=31510).

good point doofo :)

Um, Dutret hasn't gone anywhere (http://www.bikeforums.net/member.php?u=31510).

uhm..2 month absence between comments?
i'd say he's gone:(.

Um, Dutret hasn't gone anywhere (http://www.bikeforums.net/member.php?u=31510).

He came back to ask a question on the track forum, got his answer, and I doubt we'll see much of him again.

so dutret knows some stuff about bikes

how does that warrant berating people and turning thread after thread into nitpicking petty arguments
?

I thought you liked him? Every time dutret is mentioned, there you appear cheeing like a little *****. What gives?

Dutret watch 08'

oh i like him

i just dont think anyone has a basis for saying he doest post in an impolite manner

if he actually wants to communicate anything about bikes he does himself a disservice by being so harsh

of course infamy might be more important to him than actually helping someone out

True...his attitude got in the way more than a few times. But sometimes it was quite entertaining if it was happening to someone else.
Kinda like in grade school...its always funny to see someone else get ****. :)
And BFSSFG is def like grade school in other ways too. :)

from a purely entertainment standpoint dutret ranks high among posters

oh course i usually skipped the back and forth and back and forth stuff

from a purely entertainment standpoint dutret ranks high among posters

Oh no, don't be so modest. I think you have the crown of top entertainer/funny-guy, your hegemony is undisputed.

doofo is funny
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I'd be fine with him staying in the track forum instead of harassing everyone who rides a track bike off of the track whenever possible.

We are finally rid of him and you guys are blowing it. Hell is other people.

Prediction:

he'll pull a DW and come back when he cools off. time away from here can be a good thing.

DW

i think if everyone spent a lot less time on here, then no one would really care nearly as much about any of this. but i agree that dutret was an interesting fellow. and yes, bfssfg would not be nearly as entertaining without deathhare and doofo.

Who will call people out on their negative rise track stem/riser combos now that he's gone?

DH is funnier that DT

Various other people are wittier.

DT has a ton of knowledge supposedly and my limited experience
supports this supposition but I don't care. He never was entertaining.
He is an asset because of his knowledge but lots of books
have good information that aren't fun to read.

I think that we should all travel to a predetermined neutral location. Then we shall all partake in watching deathhare, doofo, and dutret release all of their built up internet angst against each other in whatever way they decide to be best. Whether it be fighting, loving, or both. Lets see what happens!

^^
but that would take all the fun out of it.

i think the main point is that you need ying and yang.

i.e. superman has no point without lex luther and vice versa.

I had a flame war with Dutret and all I got was this lousy signature.

Dutret was pretty knowledgeable, but not more so than plenty of members on here. He would always take the conservative, obvious viewpoint which was usually "Don't do this stupid idea, it's a waste of money, you're only doing it because it looks cool, use the tried and true method, it's not going to work, etc." That's only really effective when the OP doesn't already know it.

Plus he was a dick in pretty much every situation. Even if he posted genuine advice in a genuinely relevant and interesting thread, he voiced it as if 200 people showed up at his doorstep at 2am demanding answers. He opened the thread on his own accord.. at that point you pretty much forfeit all rights to acting annoyed and it becomes downright rude.

I'm not happy he's gone, it's nice having an antagonist and a decently experienced one at that, plus the beat-downs on unsuspecting hipsters are entertaining for everyone, but there's really no need to idolize him.

i still don't think he knew how to ride a bike.

I didn't start reading much on this site until that dude was gone I guess. I'd like if they brought him back just so I could see what all the hype is about.

I didn't start reading much on this site until that dude was gone I guess. I'd like if they brought him back just so I could see what all the hype is about.

who is this they that has the power to bring people back to bikeforums?

The terrorists. :(

aka my daddy.

what's with this dutret has all this knowledge stuff....

yall are a joke...

what's with this dutret has all this knowledge stuff....

yall are a joke...

Another victim of dutret's vicious wit steps forward. :(

I didn't start reading much on this site until that dude was gone I guess. I'd like if they brought him back just so I could see what all the hype is about.

You know you can ride all his posts right?

doofo is funny
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funny, just not witty.

You know you can ride all his posts right?

what's the geometry like?