Help me design a FRED rig
04-05-09, 08:03 AM
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Help me design a FRED rig
OK, all the talk about Fred's got me thinking. Can I design a Fred rig and outfit to mess with other riders? Can you help?
First item: A big pair of Converse or other type of basketball shoe with the bottom cut out to fit nicely around my Sidis. I can wear those over my cycling shoes and it will mostly look like I'm in tennis shoes on rubber pedals.
Next item: some crappy plaid frat boy shorts over cycling shorts. Not too baggy, just stupid looking, and maybe a kind of snug wife beater tee. Still don't want too much flapping material.
All right... what about a stealth bike?
First item: A big pair of Converse or other type of basketball shoe with the bottom cut out to fit nicely around my Sidis. I can wear those over my cycling shoes and it will mostly look like I'm in tennis shoes on rubber pedals.
Next item: some crappy plaid frat boy shorts over cycling shorts. Not too baggy, just stupid looking, and maybe a kind of snug wife beater tee. Still don't want too much flapping material.
All right... what about a stealth bike?
04-05-09, 10:41 AM
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I understand you really wish you were a Fred, but it is something you can't fake. You either have it or you don't. Just like you can pretend you are a real TdF rider by buying a Cervelo, Sidis and a full kit, we can still figure out you are a poseur. First step to becoming a real Fred; realize you will never race in the TdF, regardless of how much stuff you buy.
04-05-09, 01:29 PM
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don't forget a full face helmet, frame pump, plenty of front and rear lighting and reflective straps and tapes everywhere.
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Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
https://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/arti...ger-photos.htm
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Don't listen to these guys. Just go to Craigslist and buy an old Schwinn Continental and you will be all set.
