Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Empire State Street Cred (BikeSnobNYC Bike Review)

BikeSnob NYC did this hilarious review of
PERFORMANCE Bikes Scattante Empire State Single Speed Road Bike:

http://www.performancebike.com/product_images/500/30-1191-RMT-EXTRA.jpg

The Review here:
http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2009/01/bsnyc-product-review-scattante-empire.html (http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/)
Yur gonna love his hipster cysts shots near the end!

In defence of CHARI & CO, selling Nikes and Casios help pay rent,
I want those guys to stick around. :thumb:

Thats some funny ****!

He talked more about himself than he did about the bike.

He talked more about himself than he did about the bike.

it was still hilarious

He's got too much chain slack in that last set of pictures ;)

He's got too much chain slack in that last set of pictures ;)

no he doesnt. that's actually about the perfect amount of slack on the street. if you're running it any tighter you're wasting energy.

EDIT: With brakes that is.

and people care what he says because...

Nightman?

that was pretty funny....i was cracking up when i saw how he mounted all the lights

and people care what he says because...

Are you seriously asking that?

He talked about himself too much?
Chain tension?

Some people just don't get it.

Nightman?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHQRzL0GdUA&feature=related

and people care what he says because...

because hes brilliant. everyone at the shop i work at loves BSNYC. Funny stuff, been hooked to his blog since i first found out about it.

Cyclists who hate bikesnob are like metalheads who hate "Spinal Tap": you have to assume they just don't get it.

Humor, it's lost on some...

Cyclists who hate bikesnob are like metalheads who hate "Spinal Tap": you have to assume they just don't get it.
Stonehenge!

its pretty extensive. the man sure has some literary skills.
i found it funny that he compared it to a madison
better

Haw! That made me laugh. I discovered his blog shortly after buying two hipster cysts. Oh well, oh well...

Amazing article, as usual.

I'm pretty sure most of us already ready BSNYC already, thanks.

I'm pretty sure most of us already ready BSNYC already, thanks.

I'm pretty sure most of us are more than capable of supplying our own daily dosage of sarcastic smart-ass bull**** nobody needs to hear, thanks.

i'm pretty sure most of us are more than capable of supplying our own daily dosage of sarcastic smart-ass bull**** nobody needs to hear, thanks.

qtf!

the man sure has some literary skills.

yes.

he could write for the New York Times Magazine or Harpers or the New Yorker in a heartbeat.

maybe he does...last I checked, he is still anonymous.

lol i like how he stress relieved the wheels :P
n the note is funnnyyy!!!

Haw! That made me laugh. I discovered his blog shortly after buying two hipster cysts. Oh well, oh well...

I didn't actually know what the hell those were until about 2 weeks ago when I got to see them up close on someone else's bike. Before that I just thought they were little strap-on snot-wads.

This thread makes it easy to see who takes themselves too seriously.

Are you seriously asking that?

Absolutely. Because I'm Godless I've decided not to worhship any humans also. I don't get it whatever it is and I like it that way.

I sacrifice one sheep a month to bikesnob. He has been most merciful...

Absolutely. Because I'm Godless I've decided not to worhship any humans also. I don't get it whatever it is and I like it that way.

Uhhh.... It's pretty basic reasoning to figure out why people would read a humor based entertainment source.

Do you also ask why people read the news or why people check the weather report? Not believing in god (totally related to the subject by the way) doesn't imply not believing in common sense.

Ahh a humor based entertainment source. Got it thanks.

Absolutely. Because I'm Godless I've decided not to worhship any humans also. I don't get it whatever it is and I like it that way.

As a rather militant atheist I really don't understand your reasoning at all.

I can believe in a God/Gods and not worship It/Them as easily as I can worship a powerful earthly figure and maintain my atheism. Neither countains any inherent logical inconsistensies.

Funny stuff.

For a while Perscattante had been marketing the Empire City (NY), the Emerald City (Seattle), The Lonestar (Texas), the Liberty... and the Windy City.

Oddly, the bikes seem to come and go from their site, indiviually -- per inventory or whatever.

BikeSnob is pretty self-deprecating, so calling him arrogant is a bit ill informed.