The Official "Rate the Fredliness of My Bike" thread
02-22-12, 04:39 PM
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"My Fred"
Protection while I'm on my travels!
Brooks Saddle
Single Speed
Ready for Flats, but haven't any!
Still a twenty dollar bicycle that does it's job and does it well!
Enjoy Life!
Froghunter
Protection while I'm on my travels!
Brooks Saddle
Single Speed
Ready for Flats, but haven't any!
Still a twenty dollar bicycle that does it's job and does it well!
Enjoy Life!
Froghunter
02-22-12, 08:04 PM
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one thing I'll say is that the more I commute, the more tires I buy, and the wider they are becoming. ..
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02-22-12, 11:08 PM
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You know, the kind of bike you need to get low and get fast for a race against the clock across frozen tundra.
In that case, I'm afraid I have to reduce your fred score to 20. (I would like to go with zero, but I just can't do it while those aero bars are still on there.)
as for more clutter and gadgetry, that ain't gonna happen. fenders and small blinkie lights are about as "cluttery" as i can get. i have no need for the computers, clocks, GPS, phone mounts, multiple water bottles, mirrors, headlights, air horns, racks, panniers, bags, etc. that true freds like to adorn their bikes with.
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02-22-12, 11:12 PM
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Super-slack headtube angle
Tire studs scraping the underside of the fender
Multiple non-matching lights
Airzound
Trailer full of recycling (What, do you live in the PNW or something?)
Cable lock on the trailer arm
Fred approved!
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Tire studs scraping the underside of the fender
Multiple non-matching lights
Airzound
Trailer full of recycling (What, do you live in the PNW or something?)
Cable lock on the trailer arm
Fred approved!
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02-22-12, 11:16 PM
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I can't go any higher than 15 for this one.
Take the Christmas lights off that railing and wrap them around your bike and we'll talk.
(BTW, thanks for keeping my bike off the bottom of the fred-scale in this thread.)
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02-22-12, 11:18 PM
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02-22-12, 11:21 PM
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You know, I was just thinking that this thread needed more zip ties....
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I like the sprung saddle, the anti-riser bars, the plastic figurine and the generic fork. I'm not sure it's still a "twenty dollar bicycle" after you put that saddle on it (unless you helped yourself to a discount).
It's too clean looking to be really fredly, but I will give you bonus points for the ashtabula bottom bracket.
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It's too clean looking to be really fredly, but I will give you bonus points for the ashtabula bottom bracket.
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02-22-12, 11:32 PM
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Very fred:
Semi-circular handlebars
Spacer stack above the stem
Jtek shifters
Front and rear baskets
Zip-tie accessory installation
Dynamo and IGH hubs
Kick stand
Fenders
Not so fred:
Leather top tube protector
Clipless pedals (almost make it into the other category by being road pedals on a utility bike)
Overall: 78
Semi-circular handlebars
Spacer stack above the stem
Jtek shifters
Front and rear baskets
Zip-tie accessory installation
Dynamo and IGH hubs
Kick stand
Fenders
Not so fred:
Leather top tube protector
Clipless pedals (almost make it into the other category by being road pedals on a utility bike)
Overall: 78
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02-23-12, 04:56 AM
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02-23-12, 05:38 AM
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02-23-12, 05:53 AM
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And didn't this bike come with a suspension fork? If so, removing it is definitely a de-Freding move. 60/100
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02-23-12, 05:58 AM
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02-23-12, 07:52 AM
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I hope to take more pics of my bike in this year, not in showroom for sure.
Btw, just got her for few months.I'm sure she'll be fredier next year!
02-23-12, 10:23 AM
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My Merckx Corsa certainly deserves some bonus points for adding Fredliness to a trendy racing frame -- namely a bell, mirror, riser stem, reflective sidewall tires (GP 4000s), Carradice bag, and head and tail lights. The Merckx was replaced by a Salsa Casseroll with those features plus a tall head tube, front rack, fenders, canti brakes and frame pump.
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I gotta get me a clown head horn.
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My Merckx Corsa certainly deserves some bonus points for adding Fredliness to a trendy racing frame -- namely a bell, mirror, riser stem, reflective sidewall tires (GP 4000s), Carradice bag, and head and tail lights. The Merckx was replaced by a Salsa Casseroll with those features plus a tall head tube, front rack, fenders, canti brakes and frame pump.
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and I ride with a white bern helmet and a have a white beard.
an 11 out of 9.
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an 11 out of 9.
02-23-12, 02:30 PM
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What rack is that? Is that a U-lock holder at the front of it?
My sentiments exactly!
My sentiments exactly!