skanking biker

I just listened to simmer down and i feel much better now, thanx.

sloppy robot

oh rad... that has a name..i use it all the time. i need to know that cept mine have two, four, whatever amount of dots they need to express the pause im going for(dot, dot, dot)anyway....as for the "the" comment i could care less...maybe i care a little...i just dont want you sounding goofy when you talk about it, it was given in a "youve got some cheese hanging off your chin..." kinda way. youd correct me if i was calling it a gan wall pro...no? i hope you would

skanking biker

ska isnt dead....it just sucks right now

SWINGSHIFT

Last night Madness had the number 1 most requested song on the local alternative station.Tonight it was number 2.I think another wave is coming.Here in Seattle anyways.

Schiek

... and a space before and after. The ellipsis replaces a word or words, after all.

I come out of hiding for style and usage posts. It's like Schiek chum.

I thought the Toasters were the Nickelodeon house band.

mcatano

Madness invented sarcasm.

ch0mb0

that's good news, cuz I'm visiting my kinfolk out there in september, and was hopin to get in some ride time...if I can borrow a bike that is.

chimblysweep

we always sit in the bike shop on slow days and try to guess what the next bike trend will be. we've narrowed it down to:
ninja bikes (ss flat bar 700c dual-brakes)
beach cruisers
3 speed mixtes

the problem is that you *know* it has to be something relatively cheap, so it has that bohemian hipster cred. and it has to be not universally accessible.

i_DROP

I dunno about over there but in Brooklyn the 3 raleigh,schwinn, ross speeder/cruisers are everywhere. They are relatively cheap -most find em in garage sales for around a $100. Hip or not is debatable... they are vintage [buzzword] but then again they are pretty durable bikes... and less in line on the food chain of bike theft.

pitboss

HA HA! Touche! Well done...now, please sir, remove that sword from my liver...

(ps - sloppy robot, i went up and checked my one Scientist CD, listened to it, and stand corrected - thx!)

absntr

Beach cruiser and 3 speed mixtes are as rampant here as fixies are. In Wicker Park it goes, one fixie, one cruiser/3-speed, one road/mountain. Many of the ladies I know who don't ride fixed all ride cruisers or three speeds. They're plentiful and cheap here.

deadly downtube

you think someone who likes riding fixed and has been riding fixed for a long time is going to stop because there's suddenly a huge interest in it??? is that what you did? are planning on doing? that's sad... but i really doubt that's what any true fixed fan would do... riding fixed is fun no matter how many are doing it. you can always make yourself feel elite by going faster or doing more backwards circles

Cynikal 

OMG..worst hijack ever. ( insert comicbook store guy voice)

Yeah, Sac is getting crazy these days. You can't throw a stick without hitting a fixie lately. Yet oddly there seem to be a complete lack of community like in other cities.

On that note. Scott are you down for a ride tomorrow night? I might be getting together with a couple of guys on this board for a ride and beers.

-Chris

jim-bob

It's all over as soon as people start pulling the "true fan" card.

GeogScott

Hahaha sup chris, totally down actually. Lemme know.

Cynikal 

You going to Carries thing tonight?

GeogScott

I'll also be there... hooray expensive beer!

Oh and wow, this thread derailed like CRAZY! You guys are indeed Forum Jedi

rithem

that sounds exactly like Providence, RI. I was eating outside at sidewalf cafe last night and I just sat there and watched 3 speed, fixed, S/S, over and over and over must have been what seemed like 50 riders in and hour.

chimblysweep

there are two fat old guys on pistas in my neighborhood.
i wonder if they know eachother.
when a fat old guy has a pista (and switches the bars for bullhorns), that means it's all over.

adamkell

Someone needs to step up in here and regulate.

Mount up.

bostontrevor

My upstairs neighbor (who I might be tempted to label with the 'H' word if I hadn't come to so detest it...besides, he's sort of a trustifarian loser and maybe not even up to snuff with the cool kids) rides an old 10 speed Nishiki mixte. He finally got it after 1. his original "ninja bike" got boosted when he left it unlocked in front of a bar one really drunk evening and 2. he lost...multiple times...the trashy yellow Raleigh Record I gave him.

He stole a tire from one of my wheels in the basement, but I don't really mind. It's a 27". I think recently he got a new rear wheel. The previous one was kind of F'd up because he kept riding it for a long time with no air after getting a pinch flat. This is sort of funny given that he can't shift anyhow because he broke the shifter mount on the stem and now has them tied around the conveniently located double seat tube. I think one of his brake cables (or is it both) is also tied up in there. He fred flinstones everywhere he goes.

Anyhow, all this goes to say: yeah, mixte's are on the upswing.

Cynikal 

I'm a little unclear on the term mixte? Please define.

Makoa

From Sheldon Brown's site:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_m.html

Mixte
A style of lady's frame in which the "top tube" consists of a pair of small diameter tubes running more-or-less straight from the upper head lug, past the seat tube, and on to the rear fork ends. A mixte frame thus has 3 sets of rear stays, instead of the usual two. A variant on the mixte uses a single, full sized top tube running from the upper head tube to the seat tube, but retains the middle set of stays. A lady's type bike that lacks the middle pair of stays is not a mixte.

DESCRIPTION

Mixte frames are stronger than conventional lady's frames, particularly in resisting the tendency of the seat tube to get pushed backward in the middle when ridden by a heavy rider

In French, "mixte" would be pronounced "MEExt", but normal U.S. bicycle industry pronunciation is "MIX-ty"


But what the heck is ska? ;-)

Cynikal 

Cool thanks

jim-bob

You ever seen those monkeys on the street in the suits dancing for change? The music that the organ grinder with them is making is kinda like ska, but less marketable.