Your One Piece of Fred
06-01-09, 05:10 PM
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**** that
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I even had a little LED light strapped to my helmet for reading the cue at night, I was Fred of Freds that day (actually it was on a brevet, so competition is tough for the Fredliest)
06-01-09, 06:07 PM
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Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
06-01-09, 06:58 PM
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53 miles per burrito
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My bike.
06-01-09, 08:24 PM
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Man, I love this bike!
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At 59, I just can't turn my head around as far as I used to, and I also don't have the peripheral vision I used to. I just don't feel safe anymore without my mirror......
06-02-09, 03:32 AM
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shaken, not stirred.
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I resemble that remark.
It goes with my beard, yellow Bell Citi helmet, dynohub and lights and reflective vest.
It goes with my beard, yellow Bell Citi helmet, dynohub and lights and reflective vest.
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06-02-09, 10:23 AM
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06-02-09, 11:29 AM
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As I was riding this AM, contemplating these essential questions, I thought: certainly there are the roadies, who are indeed “Beautiful People” and are splendid in their spandex and peletons; and there are Freds, kind of clunky but sincere and loveable. But there is IMO, a large segment of noble cyclists, e.g. tourists and commuters who are neither BP’s nor Fred’s, but certainly serious cyclists.
I recalled how politicians in Massachusetts are derided as “hacks.” In a memorable speech to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth, a former Speaker of the House proclaimed “I am not a hack, you are not a hack, we ought not be treated this way." Similarly, my manifesto is, "I am not a Fred you are not a Fred, we ought not be treated this way". So I propose a new name, currently applied to frequent business travelers—ROAD WARRIORS. I AM A ROAD WARRIOR—think Mel Gibson.
I envision RW’s as linemen on a football team as compared to the glamorous backfield, as the infantry on the ground compared the glamorous top guns in the military, or Mission Control as compared to the glamorous astronauts in space travel. All contribute in their own way to the success of the enterprise. In the 1980’s I told a secretary at work that I am road warrior a la Mel Gibson and she smiled and said, “Yeah, right.” Yet I still believe.
John Gardner once wrote: "An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.” IMO, the society which exalts roadies and scorns road warriors will have roads only built for cars.
06-02-09, 11:45 AM
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Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iRmOc10SMw
This is what I think of now when I hear the phrase "road warrior" (wait until 0:50):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW5D66rhh2k
Better quality, at 1:11: https://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/223356/?tag=fart
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06-02-09, 12:03 PM
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Sandwich wrap? Is that "Fred?"
All my mini pump innards are clean as (an oily) whistle, thank you ...Fred.
I prefer blue saran wrap and two rubber bands. That the hundreds of cyclists, mountain and road, who've seen it haven't immediately emulated this practice is a mystery t' me.
All my mini pump innards are clean as (an oily) whistle, thank you ...Fred.
I prefer blue saran wrap and two rubber bands. That the hundreds of cyclists, mountain and road, who've seen it haven't immediately emulated this practice is a mystery t' me.
I also love sleeveless jerseys when it gets hot.
06-02-09, 12:05 PM
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This is what you're thinking of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iRmOc10SMw
This is what I think of now when I hear the phrase "road warrior" (wait until 0:50):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW5D66rhh2k
Better quality, at 1:11: https://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/223356/?tag=fart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iRmOc10SMw
This is what I think of now when I hear the phrase "road warrior" (wait until 0:50):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW5D66rhh2k
Better quality, at 1:11: https://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/223356/?tag=fart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW5D66rhh2k = Fred
https://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/223356/?tag=fart = Access denied (tasteless)
06-02-09, 12:09 PM
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Have bike, will travel
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I wear surgical scrub shirts to ride as roadies wear spandex jerseys. There, I’ve said it. Scrubs are comfortable, cheap and fairly aerodynamic.
As I was riding this AM, contemplating these essential questions, I thought: certainly there are the roadies, who are indeed “Beautiful People” and are splendid in their spandex and peletons; and there are Freds, kind of clunky but sincere and loveable. But there is IMO, a large segment of noble cyclists, e.g. tourists and commuters who are neither BP’s nor Fred’s, but certainly serious cyclists.
I recalled how politicians in Massachusetts are derided as “hacks.” In a memorable speech to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth, a former Speaker of the House proclaimed “I am not a hack, you are not a hack, we ought not be treated this way." Similarly, my manifesto is, "I am not a Fred you are not a Fred, we ought not be treated this way". So I propose a new name, currently applied to frequent business travelers—ROAD WARRIORS. I AM A ROAD WARRIOR—think Mel Gibson.
I envision RW’s as linemen on a football team as compared to the glamorous backfield, as the infantry on the ground compared the glamorous top guns in the military, or Mission Control as compared to the glamorous astronauts in space travel. All contribute in their own way to the success of the enterprise. In the 1980’s I told a secretary at work that I am road warrior a la Mel Gibson and she smiled and said, “Yeah, right.” Yet I still believe.
John Gardner once wrote: "An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.” IMO, the society which exalts roadies and scorns road warriors will have roads only built for cars.
As I was riding this AM, contemplating these essential questions, I thought: certainly there are the roadies, who are indeed “Beautiful People” and are splendid in their spandex and peletons; and there are Freds, kind of clunky but sincere and loveable. But there is IMO, a large segment of noble cyclists, e.g. tourists and commuters who are neither BP’s nor Fred’s, but certainly serious cyclists.
I recalled how politicians in Massachusetts are derided as “hacks.” In a memorable speech to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth, a former Speaker of the House proclaimed “I am not a hack, you are not a hack, we ought not be treated this way." Similarly, my manifesto is, "I am not a Fred you are not a Fred, we ought not be treated this way". So I propose a new name, currently applied to frequent business travelers—ROAD WARRIORS. I AM A ROAD WARRIOR—think Mel Gibson.
I envision RW’s as linemen on a football team as compared to the glamorous backfield, as the infantry on the ground compared the glamorous top guns in the military, or Mission Control as compared to the glamorous astronauts in space travel. All contribute in their own way to the success of the enterprise. In the 1980’s I told a secretary at work that I am road warrior a la Mel Gibson and she smiled and said, “Yeah, right.” Yet I still believe.
John Gardner once wrote: "An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.” IMO, the society which exalts roadies and scorns road warriors will have roads only built for cars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYZHvP4tKzU
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When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
06-02-09, 12:10 PM
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So... can someone give me a rundown on this whole Fred thing? Why is stuff of shamefull lack of style considered fred?
Anyway, my contribution: my Yellow speckled handlebar tape and MTB platform pedals.
And of course my camelback from 8-9 years ago is always stylish too..
Anyway, my contribution: my Yellow speckled handlebar tape and MTB platform pedals.
And of course my camelback from 8-9 years ago is always stylish too..
Close, but still more Fred than Road Warrior.
06-02-09, 12:24 PM
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You've got it backwards. I don't need the approval of others. Doing your own thing is a sign of self-respect, not a lack of it.
I still refuse to wear knee-high tube socks!
I still refuse to wear knee-high tube socks!
06-02-09, 12:25 PM
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labeled rude by nOObs
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06-02-09, 06:47 PM
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53 miles per burrito
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No, I got it from https://www.zeropergallon.com/stickers
08-18-09, 09:44 AM
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08-18-09, 10:24 AM
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08-18-09, 10:47 AM
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