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Since when did Road Cycling get overrun by Freds?

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Old 08-19-15, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by UlleVives
i use to read this forum long before most of the noobs here started riding and there use to be quality riders. Where is P-Cad ? If you so much as have valve stem caps on then your dead to me
Um, yeah dude. I think someone who starts a thread like this: https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...mpetition.html is the pot calling the kettle black, or "tan" in this case.

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It's not about being cool, it's being Knowledgeable of the sport.
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Old 08-19-15, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by EGBigelo
Um, yeah dude. I think someone who starts a thread like this: https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...mpetition.html is the pot calling the kettle black, or "tan" in this case.

Loser...
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Old 08-19-15, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by UlleVives
It's not about being cool, it's being Knowledgeable of the sport.

1. measure guads

2. win
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Sounds to me like OP needs to put in more saddle time and do less fredplaining.
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Originally Posted by UlleVives
i use to read this forum long before most of the noobs here started riding and there use to be quality riders. Where is P-Cad ? If you so much as have valve stem caps on then your dead to me
I'd rather be a Fred than an @$$hole.

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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
I would much rather see this tan line, sorry couldn't resist. and you're welcome
Breaks Rule #95 .

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Originally Posted by UlleVives
If you so much as have valve stem caps on then your dead to me
I not only have valve stem caps, they're RED to match my RED spokes.

So said I from the grave.
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Old 08-19-15, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
I would much rather see this tan line, sorry couldn't resist. and you're welcome
Chain on the smaller ring, typical fred.
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Originally Posted by ColaJacket
Breaks Rule #95 .

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I don't think the Freds will know what you're talking about. And for that matter, UlleVives is breaking Rule 43.
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Let's not forget Rule 16 either.
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Old 08-19-15, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by UlleVives
If you so much as have valve stem caps on then your dead to me
You want my dead?

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Originally Posted by Lazyass
There were more Freds when I started riding in the 80's. ... At least back then everyone had a reasonable bar drop.
Yeah, but no one ever rode in them, just on the tops, so they added horizontal brake levers up there!
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I've used that picture in other threads but under different context, whatever, it's gone. There was a time ...
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Originally Posted by DaveWC
You're trying too hard. Bad trolling.
This.
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
You need a mirror, reflective vest in broad daylight, sandals and a safety flag.
And white sox with Keds. Waitaminnit, that was me in high school!
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Would the feminine version of a Fred be a Fredericka or a Wilma?
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It a bicycling forum, it is for exchanging ideas, information, and experiences. Think of it as the bust buffet internet access let you have. You can eat everything, as much as you want, eat nothing, or just hang around and smell the aromas. Some like chinese food, others pizza, some only the crab legs if you get my drift.
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Originally Posted by Doctor Morbius
Would the feminine version of a Fred be a Fredericka or a Wilma?
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Originally Posted by UlleVives
It's not about being cool, it's being Knowledgeable of the sport.
That's good because I definitely don't consider you the former, though I also doubt the later.
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Originally Posted by badger1
True; however, I don't see the two categories as mutually exclusive. One can be one, or the other, or both if using BSYNC's definition of Fred (illustration below).

Wait. There are riders Posing as Freds?

How do I know if I'm genuine?

I have a helmet mirror. How much Fred Street Cred does that give me?
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Originally Posted by quicktrigger
And roadies wonder why they are thought of as snobs.....
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Originally Posted by TheManShow
...some only the crab legs if you get my drift.
Shaved. Unless it's a Fred crab.
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