Penny farthing blog
06-29-07, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by deathhare
I just think you should realize that if youre writing good stories on your blog then theyre good stories because theyre good. Not being good or interesting just because your riding a Penny Farthing.
Quite quickly the novelty of the odd bike will get old and then people will just stop reading.
Keep writing, keep it interesting and dont rely on the fact that you bought a Penny Farthing...cause anyone can do that.
Quite quickly the novelty of the odd bike will get old and then people will just stop reading.
Keep writing, keep it interesting and dont rely on the fact that you bought a Penny Farthing...cause anyone can do that.
He could write the most boring blog possible and just add "on my pennyfarthing" to the end and I'd just read forever. Really.
Suck on that, pessimism.
06-29-07, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Nims
I disagree. You know how kids take fortune cookies, and add "in bed" to the end of it and then all of a sudden all the stupid fortunes are now hilarious and it never ever gets old?
He could write the most boring blog possible and just add "on my pennyfarthing" to the end and I'd just read forever. Really.
Suck on that, pessimism.
He could write the most boring blog possible and just add "on my pennyfarthing" to the end and I'd just read forever. Really.
Suck on that, pessimism.
06-29-07, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by deathhare
Well Penny Farthings have cranks and werent made before chains and all that. Just some goons thought it was better.
Read all about em https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_farthing
Read all about em https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_farthing
06-29-07, 04:18 PM
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I met a lady who rode a penny farthing on a 6-day bike tour which was about 50miles a day. There were a fair few hills too. that > pub
06-29-07, 04:20 PM
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I can't really be bothered with this forum stuff this anymore, if you guys want to knock each others interests that's fine, but it's not for me.
These kids can be fun, but I think you'd have gotten better results on the vintage forum.
06-29-07, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Placid Casual
Keyboard syndrome. Everybody's a ****-talker on the Internet. Everybody's the coolest guy in the room on the Internet. Et cetera.
You're supposed to expect it when you least expect it so I suspect it wouldn't simply be "rode big wheel to pub, wobbly ride back, weather continues fine". Seems kind of silly to do a pre-emptive dis on what makes up most peoples blogs already. on a penny farthing.
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06-29-07, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by cavit8
stuff... on a penny farthing.
06-29-07, 06:14 PM
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keep blogging there penny riding guy
take pictures if you can
people will read if you have interesting content
on a penny farthing
take pictures if you can
people will read if you have interesting content
on a penny farthing
06-29-07, 06:19 PM
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oh and your own pessimism as displayed in your about me blurb could be a problem
if you dont think what you have to say is interesting who else will
?
if you dont think what you have to say is interesting who else will
?
06-29-07, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by deathhare
It was a dark night. And the moon...was full. And i was out...on Black Lake.
Then i rode home.
Would you like to come to a club where people wee on eachother?
Then i rode home.
Would you like to come to a club where people wee on eachother?
07-29-07, 11:04 PM
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You guys are being such dicks I almost wonder if it's an inside joke I'm on the outside of. So maybe his blog doesn't blow you away, but if any of you saw this dude in person rocking his 'farthing, I'd bet some gold risers that every one of you would be a little star-struck, and want to hear all about his boring adventures. Even to the pub.
Am I the only one that posts on the internet, and remembers that I'm talking to actual people?
Am I the only one that posts on the internet, and remembers that I'm talking to actual people?
07-30-07, 10:54 AM
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I think it is kinda cool. In fact, lets turn it into the next fad! JK. I enjoyed reading some of your stuff. Just, if you really want to make it a Penny Farthing blog you gotta focus solely on the bike with perhaps some personal stories. The bike needs the history of it told and the reasoning behind the wheel design. Set up a club. Try to get a couple of other penny farthing riders. How crazy would it be if you were out for a ride when you pass a gang of penny farthings? Make it your life. More pictures of the bike (detail). Why not start building a modern one (carbon fiber tubing, deep-v rims, riser bars, etc.)?
Sorry, that is a jumble of stuff, but I thought that constructive criticism and a little praise would be a nice change to some of the "Negative Nancys" that seem to linger on this forum.
Why does it seem as if a lot of fixed riders are such "tortured souls" that can only speak in sarcasm and insults? Seriously, quit listening to Bright Eyes in the bathtub with one candle lit and get your ass out and ride. It will brighten your day. Unless of course you pass someone whose chain is a little slack and instead of trying to give them a little advice/help you rush back to your computer in order to start another thread about how much you hate hipsters.
Quit b****ing. Go ride.
Sorry, got a little off topic there, but so did everyone else.
Sorry, that is a jumble of stuff, but I thought that constructive criticism and a little praise would be a nice change to some of the "Negative Nancys" that seem to linger on this forum.
Why does it seem as if a lot of fixed riders are such "tortured souls" that can only speak in sarcasm and insults? Seriously, quit listening to Bright Eyes in the bathtub with one candle lit and get your ass out and ride. It will brighten your day. Unless of course you pass someone whose chain is a little slack and instead of trying to give them a little advice/help you rush back to your computer in order to start another thread about how much you hate hipsters.
Quit b****ing. Go ride.
Sorry, got a little off topic there, but so did everyone else.
11-03-07, 07:20 PM
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Well Penny Farthings have cranks and werent made before chains and all that. Just some goons thought it was better.
Read all about em https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_farthing
Read all about em https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_farthing
