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Old 06-16-08, 03:09 PM
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Who cares, he's riding a bike.
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Old 06-16-08, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by badfishgood
Who cares, he's riding a bike.
bingo

and if you hang out over in the fixed gear section, some of those guys do change bars like some people change undies. I have two pair I swapped between until I installed brakes.
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Old 06-16-08, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by bdcheung
the photo says it all...
This photo says to me that roscoenyc57 needs to be posting a picture in this thread.
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Old 06-16-08, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Youngin
Oooh, much better. A frame like that, you got to ride track.

I don't like street fixed gears after mine caused me to break my wrist.
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Old 06-16-08, 03:25 PM
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who cares, nice bike.
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Old 06-16-08, 03:36 PM
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nothing like bitter road bikers with access to the internet.
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Old 06-16-08, 03:43 PM
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Wow. All this when two minutes with an allen key and a pedal change makes this bike a pure velodrome machine. Some people with much better bike handling skills than I enjoy using riser bars on their fixed gear road bikes.
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Old 06-16-08, 03:48 PM
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Just today I saw a guy in a cardigan, khakis, and deck shoes commuting along on a full-DA Trek Disco replica - - with mud guards and plastic platform pedals.

I was appalled...

And considered chasing him down and offering him £100 for it.
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Old 06-16-08, 03:58 PM
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This one is always worth a kick



TT bike sold stock with flat bars...
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You ride track with mountain bike pedals?
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Hipster bling, been noticing it for a while now.
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Old 06-16-08, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Treefox
This one is always worth a kick



TT bike sold stock with flat bars...
That is the coolest foul-weather commuter bike I've ever seen
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Old 06-16-08, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Hocam
You ride track with mountain bike pedals?
It's not hard to change pedals. MTB pedals are easier to use in the city. I've been known to commute on my Madone. Is that not allowed either?
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Old 06-16-08, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Hocam
You ride track with mountain bike pedals?
I know some people who do, and other than the fact that they are refusing to drink the koolaid there really isn't any reason why they shouldn't.
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so what's the issue here? i'm confused.
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Old 06-16-08, 06:21 PM
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Since it's clear that the bike in question belongs to a BF member here, it's just not cool to be bashing his bike like this. Thread closed.

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