adamkell

That's punishment enough. On your way and godspeed.

Jose R

Harsh Adam, real harsh...

Radial spokes are one thing, but Canada?

EnLaCalle

Is this because you're a giant Mets fan? Back at .500. Woo. I'll trade anyone my Kaz Ishii for...well... anyone.

ostro

bottomline...unless you invented something and are doing it out of orginality, you are a poseur. That makes everyone who rides a bike a poseur, and anyone who saw somebody and thought what they were doing looked like fun and then went home and did it themselves, is a poseur too.

Face it, when you call somebody a posuer, you are in fact the bigger posuer. You are the one asserting your status upon them, claiming your status of something that doesnt belong to you, but yet you feel like you are better or elevated then the person you call a posuer.

gilby

But first you'll have to catch me! ;c)

Truth be told, I read the title of this thread and was kind of hodping the post would say "...hits parked car while yelling, "I have no brakes!!!"

wangster

then natural selection will do its job, we'll just sit back and watch as your wheels eat you up.

Oh no...I just started another fight... radial vs. crossed. I'm just an instigator today...

teadoggg

Radial lacing is clearly superior to cross. why's that, you ask? 'cause you can't spell radial without RADial

Aeroplane

My favorite thing to do when spotting a poseur (at least when I am a member of the group s/he is posing to) is call them on it in an inviting way. For example, with the spoke card dilly, go up to the guy and tell him about the next alleycat. If he says he doesn't do them, say, "Well, I just assumed, all those spoke cards..." If he says he does, ask him what races he did to get those cards. The goal is to get them to say that they didn't earn the cards. They will feel the shame, and you are still a nice guy.

adamkell

They'll be rounded up and sent to Canada too.

...for the free health care. ;c) <-- so what's this smiley all about, gilby?

jhnmrk

when you've only got one real starting pitcher, i figure you have to root for him.
maybe i should get another card and hope a real baseball player calls me on it in a real inviting way... "say, i noticed you have pedro's card in your spokes, would you like to pitch an inning of relief?"

teadoggg

i'd hardly feel shame, i'd just think you were a jerk.

shants

are some of you seriously so pretentious so be upset if someone puts decorative spokecards on their wheels?

i mean, unless it's a spokecard for a fake alleycat (i should totally start selling fake alleycat spokecards on ebay) or for an alleycat that you didn't ride in, how could it possibly be disrespectful? it's just a decoration like anything you put on your bike that isn't purely functional -- colored rims, anodized hubs, etc. it's just a way to add personality or whatever to your bike. it's not like you're going to mistake a cut-out card of patrick swayze for the card for being rider 57 (or whatever) in <insert alleycat here>.

kathrot

except you went out of your way to make someone feel poorly. nice, guy!

adamkell

that's for me to know and you to find out. (that's what karl rove said.)

er, wait, I explicitly said that I wouldn't get upset in my first post to this thread. nevermind. slow day at work.

deadly downtube

OMG THE NERVE! rebellious underground art??? who do they think they are????

i want to dress up like a nazi and go lay down the law downtown..

EnLaCalle

Can we start some sort of fantasy baseball league where you have to carry your entire team in your spokes. And like, hits are directly correlated to how far you can skid (like stickball e.g. 50 ft. = single, 100ft. = double, etc.).

I'd like my team to be the American League Allstars (circa 1987) as depicted in 8-bit Nintendo's RBI baseball. Why was Mark McGuire a pinch hitter?

What am I talking about again?

ch0mb0

so, the short of this is...do alleycats and you're allowed to put anything you want in your wheels!

even a chihuahua, paris-hilton style. they're the ultimate accessory

gilby

Free health care?! That's all you had to say. I'm in.

RE: the smiley--what can I say, I'm a smiley kinda kid.

jhnmrk

it would have to be a fantasy baseball ALLEYCAT, so you could put things in your spokes with impunity. start at coogan's bluff in hoboken, over the gwb to polo grounds, over to yankee stadium, down to shea, finishing at a cyclones game. that would actually make for a pretty nice ride...and it works out in the right order history-wise. hmmm....

thechamp

I'm not so sure what's so respectable about alleycat races. I like the idea of racing but people racing in traffic make all cyclists look bad. Next time you start a thread about how cars don't show cyclists any respect maybe you should thank someone with (earned) spoke cards.

46x17

I believe that anyone should put whatever they want in their spokes, or wherever they please.
However, I also believe that you should be able to handle any criticism that ensues from those actions.

chimblysweep

i wonder if i could get money for my older 'legit' race spoke cards on ebay. boo yeah, i could use the money.

my rule, not to be imposed on others:
i gotta earn em
no ugly ones (i.e. black on white)
no more than 4 (lest they become troublesome on a windy day)

filtersweep

Digusting? Isn't that a bit strong of a word?

Maybe the bike owner was making a commentary how pretentious spoke cards are under any circumstances?

Random images? That is pretty funny!

kW/Ton

Here's .. Hipsters, Posers , Jerks, ******ssss.....go nut mates!

pleeeease... Please please.......print them out and put them everywhere even on your forehead when you ride your fancy bike

https://www.cicle.org/properganda/properganda.html

PS... I need to eat

thechamp

maybe I should have all my crappy homemade tattoos removed because I didn't really get them in prison...