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Old 07-21-08 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Poguemahone
Mine is loved; I've posted it many times here. It's been set up as a bar-hopper fixie for many years, predating the hipster virus. I tinker with it now and again because it's such a great ride. It is what it is: a great all-purpose frame. Those who dis them either have problems getting their head around the whole french thing, have never ridden one, or, more likely, both. Those of us who have ridden them-- even those of us who own bikes with better pedigrees-- seem to like them a lot.
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...5&d=1196888725
This is starting to sound like a reprise of this past Sunday morning at Ashland Coffee and Tea.
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