zacster

I'm passing by some hipster on a fixie (what a surprise!) while climbing the hill in Central Park the other day, and I turn to her (because she was a cute hipster) and say "you have a very high gear on that thing" as I watch her struggle up the hill. Her reply, "It's a fixed gear bike" like I've never seen one before and needed an explanation. I shifted a few gears higher, stood on the pedals, and took off just shaking my head.

Why do these people all think they've invented something new? GMAFB.

uke

She was on a bike. That's good enough for me.

EventServices

You had an opportunity to school her thus tapping into the Daddy complex. Go back and find her.

schnabler1

Intriguing. Please explain. Was this in the book?

AEO

tapping into daddy complex FTW

redfooj

there are hills in new york city?

schnabler1

I'd guess these two were abouts the same age.

Flatballer

Yes, but not the book you're talking about.

schnabler1

I used to ride FG a lot to train to spin. Then I stopped because I didn't want people to think I was better than them.

schnabler1

HA! I expect you to FedEx that to me.

Yan 

I just bought a fixed gear. Now shush

wfrogge

I stopped because I figured out riding fixie does nothing for your spin

BarracksSi

'Cuz most people don't think that anyone would ride a fixed gear, so she's playing the odds by telling you about it.

If she sounded rude, it's because she's annoyed at herself for putting up with it.

mr_tom

There's a hill in central park?

softlysoftly

Brilliant pearls of wisdom....

BananaTugger

You blew off a cute girl?

I wish I had the mad skills to do that.

SingleSpeeDemon

I am fairly certain that there is an equal and opposite thread posted in SSFG. Don't you know that fixies smoke roadies 9 times out of 10?

uke

I spend about equal amounts of time in the SS/FG and RC forums. Most of the threads in both forums are self-focused, but there's always a bit of mutually-directed insecurity. However, the FG crowd have youth as an excuse. Since the average age in this forum is probably about ten years higher, you roadies have less of an excuse for these threads.

botto 

yes.

yes.

patentcad

That's not what B. Hinault said.

zacster

Some answers to the above questions:

Yes, there are hills in NYC. Central Park has a few. Are they 5000' of climbing over 2 miles type of hills? NO. Just a a short hill up at the north end. If you're strong you can just stomp over it.

No, we were not the same age. I'm over 50 and married. But she was definitely cute. If it were a guy on a fixie doing the same thing I wouldn't have even noticed.

I have no problem with fixies, even if I don't ride one. They are riding after all. It's just that at 50 years old I don't need some 20yo telling me about this "new" thing that they all think they invented. I first rode one when I was 20 myself.

As for blowing off a cute girl, at over 50 I've seen plenty in my life. For that matter I was in Central Park and there were enough in there that day. If she were cute and friendly that would be another matter.

swif

You should have shifted to a lower gear and showed her how a real man does it.

Of course, this is assuming you're a real man.

MrCrassic 

So what's the problem again?

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patentcad

I race there each March, and be assured, 'stomp over it' is precisely what those animals tend to do. I'd guess the lightest gear is a 53 x 19 when they're hammering. Couldn't tell you, all I know is I'm in the big ring, I don't have time to make a note of the exact gear.

MrCrassic 

That speed bump in Central Park ain't no hill.

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