What is "Fred"? Some type of insider cycling lingo?
05-29-08, 11:59 AM
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What is "Fred"? Some type of insider cycling lingo?
Will someone please explain all these people using the term "Fred"
05-29-08, 12:00 PM
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In the time you took writing this question, someone snuck into your bathroom and wrote the answer in lipstick on your mirror. Go there now to see what a Fred is.
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Just kidding, by the way. I am way more of a Fred than almost anyone else in this forum. Damn proud of it too.
But if you have to ask what a Fred is, then...well...you just might be one.
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But if you have to ask what a Fred is, then...well...you just might be one.
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05-29-08, 12:16 PM
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Fred was/is the guy I rode 100km with. He had a $3.5k CF Trek with full kit, I rode my $799 Hybrid in my Blundstone boots. He could not finish the ride, I had to leave him behind.
05-29-08, 12:18 PM
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One sure indicator has to do with how many "things" you have attached to your bike (not counting cyclocomputers and powertaps). For instance, if you have a bag attached anywhere that is larger than two of your fists, well....
p.s.: just about everyone is one to one degree or another, so don't get all sensitive. We don't need another one of those threads.
p.s.: just about everyone is one to one degree or another, so don't get all sensitive. We don't need another one of those threads.
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05-29-08, 12:35 PM
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But to be a Poseur, do you not have to act like you are fast only to be dropped in the first 1.5km? This guy made to indication that he was fast; just all bling and slow.
I know I looked odd not in bling gear, but did not care. I still finished the 100k with a decent time. So i guess I was the Fred. OMG Fred FTW!!
I know I looked odd not in bling gear, but did not care. I still finished the 100k with a decent time. So i guess I was the Fred. OMG Fred FTW!!
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But to be a Poseur, do you not have to act like you are fast only to be dropped in the first 1.5km? This guy made to indication that he was fast; just all bling and slow.
I know I looked odd not in bling gear, but did not care. I still finished the 100k with a decent time. So i guess I was the Fred. OMG Fred FTW!!
I know I looked odd not in bling gear, but did not care. I still finished the 100k with a decent time. So i guess I was the Fred. OMG Fred FTW!!
05-29-08, 12:43 PM
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But to be a Poseur, do you not have to act like you are fast only to be dropped in the first 1.5km? This guy made to indication that he was fast; just all bling and slow.
I know I looked odd not in bling gear, but did not care. I still finished the 100k with a decent time. So i guess I was the Fred. OMG Fred FTW!!
I know I looked odd not in bling gear, but did not care. I still finished the 100k with a decent time. So i guess I was the Fred. OMG Fred FTW!!
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How many threads are you going to create on the same subject?
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Lemme see...no replies other than his/her OP, from a member since 2005 who allegedly doesn't know how to search or what the term 'fred' means. Ya think, just maybe, it might be a troll? 
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05-29-08, 02:03 PM
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What's your point? F the OP, we're getting mileage out of this thread. That's all that counts.
05-29-08, 02:07 PM
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05-29-08, 02:48 PM
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I must be a Fred, and a Poseur! I have a nice Cinelli that has hung in my garage for 5 years. When I took her out this week to try and get back into it, I was gasping for air after 20 minutes!
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Fred: A person who continually starts dumb new threads about the same or very similar subjects, such as, "What's a Fred anyway?"
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