messenger couture (longish)
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Originally Posted by jim-bob
Mike Dee seems like a bit of a ****. Is he about 20 or so?
as much as ppl like mike dee might despise wannabe messengers and the like... to me it's like this:
if fixies continue to be this trend for hipsters, let it be. at least they are riding a bike, man! sure, they might spend way too much money buying black hair dye, but for that moment in time when you see them struggling to mash up that hill, they are on a bike! don't we want more ppl on bikes? hell, i'm probably a guilty party in all this, being a fixed newbie. seriously, i didn't want to try a fixed gear because of the "trendiness" of it. i resisted for quite some time till a friend lent me his ride. but when i did try it i loved it because of how it felt. it was an almost spiritual experience, because i had no expectations. anyway, back to ranting... the argument of "they'll give real riders a bad name" is silly. every rider is responsible for his/her behavior, and honestly--this attitude of "i'm better than you cuz i'll beat you across a bridge on my hot track bike, you f-ing roadie conversion" is even worse than being a wannabe messenger.
anyway... that's it.
(*in a really soppy melodramatic voice*) why can't we all get along?
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Originally Posted by powers2b
messenger dissed you
saw two hotties with a lock
mean car broke your bike
Enjoy
saw two hotties with a lock
mean car broke your bike
Enjoy
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I thought that this was a clothing thread.
Couture is a French word for sewing, or a sewed item
ie. Haute Couture -> Fine clothing, specifically designer labels
Couture is a French word for sewing, or a sewed item
ie. Haute Couture -> Fine clothing, specifically designer labels
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i think thats where the bag comes in
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Originally Posted by turd
here's a good read -- mike dee's essay about 'track bikes on his newish blog:
https://courierdispatch.blogspot.com/...rack-bike.html
https://courierdispatch.blogspot.com/...rack-bike.html
Can we talk about pie instead?
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self importance makes you a ****** bag.
and to respond to the original post... (about getting run off the road by cars). I've found that a good ol'e kick in the quarter panel does really well if you happen to catch up with them at the next light. My experience is that its 18 - 21 year old homeboys with their civics that find it funny edging me off the road... I've also found that if you're wearing a 3 foot, 5 or 6 pound chain over your shoulder... they tend not to want to **** with you when you catch up with them.
and to respond to the original post... (about getting run off the road by cars). I've found that a good ol'e kick in the quarter panel does really well if you happen to catch up with them at the next light. My experience is that its 18 - 21 year old homeboys with their civics that find it funny edging me off the road... I've also found that if you're wearing a 3 foot, 5 or 6 pound chain over your shoulder... they tend not to want to **** with you when you catch up with them.
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At least fixed-gear-snobbery hasn't yet developed into hostility like other segments of cycling *cough*downhill, bmx, freeride*cough*. I made the mistake of showing up at the skatepark with my trials bike one night, and the damn BMX kids would not shut up about it for the whole hour I was there.
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Originally Posted by jim-bob
Mike Dee seems like a bit of a ****. Is he about 20 or so?
m.
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The nice things about the boom in fixies:
1. A lot more parts and options. Sure its not as cool as finding that rare part in a used bin, but when I want a cog or chain its nice to go to my LBS and pick up EAI cogs and Izumi chains. Props to thems.
2. Theres a lot more 2nd hand stuff, makes life much cheaper.
3. More peeps on bikes is always a good thing, although drunk out of control brakeless riders make me nervous. And I still don't quite know why you can take the nicest of folks, stick 'em on a track bike and they turn into MadMax, roadwarrior. Its weird.
4. More people wanting to race on the track. More demand = more money = more tracks being built and refurbished. Can't complain about that at all.
1. A lot more parts and options. Sure its not as cool as finding that rare part in a used bin, but when I want a cog or chain its nice to go to my LBS and pick up EAI cogs and Izumi chains. Props to thems.
2. Theres a lot more 2nd hand stuff, makes life much cheaper.
3. More peeps on bikes is always a good thing, although drunk out of control brakeless riders make me nervous. And I still don't quite know why you can take the nicest of folks, stick 'em on a track bike and they turn into MadMax, roadwarrior. Its weird.
4. More people wanting to race on the track. More demand = more money = more tracks being built and refurbished. Can't complain about that at all.
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Originally Posted by turd
here's a good read -- mike dee's essay about 'track bikes on his newish blog:
https://courierdispatch.blogspot.com/...rack-bike.html
https://courierdispatch.blogspot.com/...rack-bike.html
people on bikes is a good thing.
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wow. i just read that guy's rant. i'm gonna throw my fixie into the east river now. i'll see y'all in the roadbike forum!
really fu€king self-important. it reeks of someone with who's got issues.
really fu€king self-important. it reeks of someone with who's got issues.
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whatever, you guys are just jealous cause YOU didn't invent fixed gears like he did.
stop being lame and stealing his style.
stop being lame and stealing his style.
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Originally Posted by powers2b
Same can be said of strippers
Enjoy
Enjoy
cant wait
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Originally Posted by dodgy
Which means, naturally, that soon the world shall be blessed with of the rarest of the rare, coolest of the cool... the STRIPENGER.
cant wait
cant wait
I HOPE that means voluptous naked girls on trackbikes.
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Wow he really put me and my road bike conversion in our place.
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i dont really get his problem with roadie conversions.
road conversions aren't trying to be track bikes they're just fixed gears.
all track bikes are fixed gears but not all fixed gears are track bikes
am i wrong about this?
road conversions aren't trying to be track bikes they're just fixed gears.
all track bikes are fixed gears but not all fixed gears are track bikes
am i wrong about this?
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Originally Posted by Ira in Chi
I HOPE that means voluptous naked girls on trackbikes.
either that or it means rolling into Spearmint Rhino or Bare Elegance and seeing some skinny hipster kid on stage riding his fixie around the pole...
Doh!
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It's for just that sort of piece that profanity was invented. I mean, where do you even start to critique that, and why bother when your efforts would be so obviously wasted?
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Originally Posted by veloiseau
as much as ppl like mike dee might despise wannabe messengers and the like... to me it's like this:
if fixies continue to be this trend for hipsters, let it be. at least they are riding a bike, man! sure, they might spend way too much money buying black hair dye, but for that moment in time when you see them struggling to mash up that hill, they are on a bike! don't we want more ppl on bikes? hell, i'm probably a guilty party in all this, being a fixed newbie. seriously, i didn't want to try a fixed gear because of the "trendiness" of it. i resisted for quite some time till a friend lent me his ride. but when i did try it i loved it because of how it felt. it was an almost spiritual experience, because i had no expectations. anyway, back to ranting... the argument of "they'll give real riders a bad name" is silly. every rider is responsible for his/her behavior, and honestly--this attitude of "i'm better than you cuz i'll beat you across a bridge on my hot track bike, you f-ing roadie conversion" is even worse than being a wannabe messenger.
anyway... that's it.
(*in a really soppy melodramatic voice*) why can't we all get along?
if fixies continue to be this trend for hipsters, let it be. at least they are riding a bike, man! sure, they might spend way too much money buying black hair dye, but for that moment in time when you see them struggling to mash up that hill, they are on a bike! don't we want more ppl on bikes? hell, i'm probably a guilty party in all this, being a fixed newbie. seriously, i didn't want to try a fixed gear because of the "trendiness" of it. i resisted for quite some time till a friend lent me his ride. but when i did try it i loved it because of how it felt. it was an almost spiritual experience, because i had no expectations. anyway, back to ranting... the argument of "they'll give real riders a bad name" is silly. every rider is responsible for his/her behavior, and honestly--this attitude of "i'm better than you cuz i'll beat you across a bridge on my hot track bike, you f-ing roadie conversion" is even worse than being a wannabe messenger.
anyway... that's it.
(*in a really soppy melodramatic voice*) why can't we all get along?
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Originally Posted by noumena9
But what I don't understand is why would you expect strangers to want to talk to you? Do you go up to people on the street and look at them meaningfully and then feel snubbed when they look away? I HATE talking to people I don't know. It isn't because I'm cool, I can assure you -- I'm 32 + beer gut + 2 year old kid + systems analyst. Not cool. It just seems very junior high school to me to misunderstand people's being introspective and focused (I sure am on my bike) for being somehow a slight on you. It has nothing to do with you... these people don't know who you are and they don't care. I mean I guess I can understand certain circumstances where people are social the way you seem to want them to be: long distance hiking, the winnebago scene, things like that, but in a city most people prefer to mind their business and fo you to mind yours.
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Man, The Joker seems to care way too much about some really pointless stuff. It's all about the ride, not the status.
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I think a few of your are missing the point. This guy NODDED at that messenger. I'm pretty sure giving a sign that you exist and are a person isn't trying to get into your cadre of elite friends. I nod at other cyclists because we're out there fighting traffic and sucking exhaust all for the sake of being on a bike.
Nodding is polite, rolling your eyes is not. Being a dick last time I checked doesn't score you any cool points.
Nodding is polite, rolling your eyes is not. Being a dick last time I checked doesn't score you any cool points.
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1) Messenger sounds like a W-nker.
2) Yuppie couple sound like W-nkers.
3) Car driver sounds like a W-nker.
Is there an echo in here.
I really don't see the point of this thread but it the replies are hilarious.
I don't know what this means but it sounds funny.
Maybe he has a thing for couples.
CHEERS.
Mark
2) Yuppie couple sound like W-nkers.
3) Car driver sounds like a W-nker.
Is there an echo in here.
I really don't see the point of this thread but it the replies are hilarious.
Did you drop your pie when you went down?
Tell me you didn't drop the pie!!!
Tell me you didn't drop the pie!!!
Originally Posted by zapb42
Just a clearin up thing...some oyall seem to think it was two chicks, but appears to be one rider of each gender.
Not significant though I suppose.
Not significant though I suppose.
CHEERS.
Mark
Last edited by Dutchy; 05-05-05 at 01:24 AM.
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Originally Posted by H23
You know, sometimes I think that the fixie messenger kids don't know the truth. I am sure that some of them do know the truth but choose to avoid it on principle (and that's cool). But now I'm thinking that there are a large number that don't know the truth.
The truth:
One can ride faster, much more efficiently, and much more safely on a road bike with gears and brakes.
The truth:
One can ride faster, much more efficiently, and much more safely on a road bike with gears and brakes.
go back to the roadie forum!
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Ode to the after work nap ( ride your bike instead)
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you succumb
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I think this just about describes what we are talking about:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granfalloon
However, I know out here on our little rustic island without electricity or mordern plumbing, seeing one of the 20 on the whole island that rides fixed, we all know each other, or since plently of them work in bike shops, get to know the new ones. Out here, we really are a community. We do group rides and invite any SS or fixie riders we meet, if they don't want to hang out, we won't cry about it. Most do hang out though. If I see a messenger, since there are only 10 out here(only the boss rides fixed) we always give each other some kind of acknowledgement, because most people out here a triathaletes who don't play in traffic. I respect their time and just figure I'll see them another time. Its about the bike I figure, not the tea party you want everyone to show up to, sometimes it just works out that way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granfalloon
However, I know out here on our little rustic island without electricity or mordern plumbing, seeing one of the 20 on the whole island that rides fixed, we all know each other, or since plently of them work in bike shops, get to know the new ones. Out here, we really are a community. We do group rides and invite any SS or fixie riders we meet, if they don't want to hang out, we won't cry about it. Most do hang out though. If I see a messenger, since there are only 10 out here(only the boss rides fixed) we always give each other some kind of acknowledgement, because most people out here a triathaletes who don't play in traffic. I respect their time and just figure I'll see them another time. Its about the bike I figure, not the tea party you want everyone to show up to, sometimes it just works out that way.
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