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Old 01-16-06 | 08:29 AM
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This isn't exactly news... but it is funny how these guys have been going for months whereas the Skidstrong folks (now Fisso) had to change it after a few weeks. Ho-hum.

Cosmo star hit the nail on the head. It's Urban-Outfitters pseudo-ironic consumerism. Buy this to fit in with the people who are making fun of people who buy stuff to fit in.

Now it kind of reminds me of the Church of the Subgenius... https://www.subgenius.com/
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Old 01-16-06 | 08:50 AM
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It's a secret admission of yuppitude-- visual handshake of sorts that says "I, too, am dealing with a midlife crisis (and an insatiable urge to bang Sheryl Crow)."
See, now if there was any cause that required a bracelet, that would be it. It'd be nice if they were a bit more up front, like a BangCrow bracelet or something...
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Old 01-16-06 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by slopvehicle

It's a secret admission of yuppitude-- visual handshake of sorts that says "I, too, am dealing with a midlife crisis (and an insatiable urge to bang Sheryl Crow)."
If there was ever a cause that needed a bracelet, that would be it. I'm waiting for the NoBangCrow bracelet...
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Old 01-16-06 | 09:10 AM
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If I am going to wear a braclet it better have diamonds all around...
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Old 01-16-06 | 09:10 AM
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My place o' employment got these blue bracelets made as part of a fundraiser for one of our foundations. Believe it or not, this is MY wrist in the picture. I kid you not. I didn't even get to keep the bracelet.

That's a weird photo - your wrist clearly looks like a neck, and your forearm looks like the back of a head wearing a stripey hat.
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Old 01-16-06 | 09:14 AM
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Old 01-16-06 | 09:14 AM
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Oh no, another rubber device that would be better suited as a rubber band to fling at someone...

If I want a bracelet it better have diamonds on the perimeter...!
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Old 01-16-06 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by slopvehicle
I'm under the impression that people buy the Livestrong bracelets because they feel the need to conform. Sure, funding cancer research is great, but it's not about that...it's about being the only guy in your bike club, gym or office without one.

It's a secret admission of yuppitude-- visual handshake of sorts that says "I, too, am dealing with a midlife crisis (and an insatiable urge to bang Sheryl Crow)."

Perhaps "LIVEWRONG" is more about mocking mortality than seeking some sorta lame-o camaraderie about the sinking ship of your personal fleshbucket.
i know i am a newbie on here, but i felt the need to register and put my 2 cents worth in. My mom died of cancer about 6 months ago. now, i am sure that you are thinking i am going to bash slopvehicle for posting this, but really, i think this is one of the best posts on this thread. i know my mom would never want to be remember as losing her battle with cancer, and i know she would not want to be remembered as some cultural fad. and that, my fellow bikers, is why i wear a livewrong bracelet. to celebrate my mom and her constant push to keep me who i was, to do my own thing, and not to be ashamed of who i am. i constantly see the livestrong bracelet in chicago, and it is almost a slap in the face. it seems most people are buying them because it is socially "in" to wear one, and the fact that it helps cancer research comes second. there are plenty of people that wear the livestrong bracelet because they truely believe in the cause, and i salute them, and there are plenty of posers whom wear the livewrong bracelet because they think it is cool and want to be outcasts.
so, before you pass judgement, make sure you have all the facts, everything out there has it's true believers, but it also has it's tag alongs.
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Old 01-16-06 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Doctor Who
The Livewrong bracelets are a fundraiser/profit-maker for the website www.drunkcyclist.com

Pretty swell blog, I guess. I bought one of the "Che Merckx" t-shirts from him a few months ago. It's a hot shirt - but then again, anything with Merckx's face on it is gonna be pretty hot.
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and he sells one of the better track bike teeshirts out there.
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Old 01-16-06 | 09:41 AM
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There seems to be a lot of anti-Lance sentiment floating around the SS/FG forum - not specifically this thread - and honestly I don't understand.
Seriously, can someone enlighten me to some of the common gripes people have?
i have no particular disdain for lance, per se. but, i must say that i could give a **** about him and the tour de france. professional road cycling does not interest me whatsoever. so, when someone yells "GO LANCE," or "TOUR DE FRANCE, DUDE" at me when i'm riding my bike, i tend to develop a bit of antagonism. it used to happen every ****ing day. sometimes, up to twice in the same mile. being "lanced," as it were, has annoyed me to no ****ing end. it's sort of funny in a "god, what sort of ******bag yells that sort of ****" way, but jesus ****ing christ. not that it's actually the fault of anyone other than the ******bags shouting, but it certainly doesn't help it when 90% of the time that i hear someone mention lance, it's when i'm being heckled.

there. that's my lance rant. when it comes down to it, i don't really care about him one way or another, but i hate it when people assume that i'm lance's biggest fan when they learn that i ride my bike all of the time.
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Old 01-16-06 | 10:08 AM
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Back (way back) when I was turning wrenches for K-Mart Automotive, my buddies and I were wearing fashionable oil filter gaskets around our wrists before there was even an Armstrong.
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Old 01-16-06 | 11:14 AM
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So, when am I goin to get my ass eatin by one of you ****s.
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Old 01-16-06 | 11:15 AM
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SS/fixed is laggin in the news. These were out way before interbike.
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Old 01-16-06 | 11:16 AM
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These were out before interbike. SS/fixed is behind the times.
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Old 01-16-06 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by slopvehicle
(and an insatiable urge to bang Sheryl Crow)."
great. thanks. really... thanks for that. if i somehow end up with an inexplicable urge to bang sheryl crow, i'm blaming you and my high susceptibility to suggestion.
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Old 01-16-06 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by slopvehicle
I'm under the impression that people buy the Livestrong bracelets because they feel the need to conform. Sure, funding cancer research is great, but it's not about that...it's about being the only guy in your bike club, gym or office without one.

It's a secret admission of yuppitude-- visual handshake of sorts that says "I, too, am dealing with a midlife crisis (and an insatiable urge to bang Sheryl Crow)."

Perhaps "LIVEWRONG" is more about mocking mortality than seeking some sorta lame-o camaraderie about the sinking ship of your personal fleshbucket.
that's how i saw it, i should have clarified i think.
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Old 01-16-06 | 03:23 PM
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Do you think the yellow band plastic can cause cancer?
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Old 01-16-06 | 04:24 PM
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No one likes Lance because he's from Texas. Plain and simple. Only people who like Texas like Lance.
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Old 01-16-06 | 04:25 PM
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No one likes Lance because he's a Texan. Only people who like Texas like Lance.
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Old 01-17-06 | 01:00 AM
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Those Livewrong bracelets started as a way to make money for a family that lost someone. The Drunkcyclist helped promote it cause he knew the family and wished to help them raise money for their bills. Then the money from the cause was moved to that cycling group there in AZ.

I think they're great if not just because when I see one I know I am talking to someone who I have something in common. We might visit the same site, discuss on the same forums, and probably both enjoy riding bikes.

Take it easy.
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Old 01-17-06 | 01:25 AM
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**** if its for drunk cyclist, that makes it even worse. what a ****hole ****rag of a website
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Old 01-17-06 | 01:33 AM
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I am still waiting to get my ass licked
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Old 01-17-06 | 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by MLPROJECT
**** if its for drunk cyclist, that makes it even worse. what a ****hole ****rag of a website
+1
Seriously, what the **** is that? someone mentioned a cool Merckx jersey there but all I could find were 10 billion links to cheesy porn. The whole thing was ****ing impossible to read and seemed to have more to do with porn ads than biking.
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Old 01-17-06 | 01:59 AM
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i've had a couple livewrong bracelets for a year or so now...
i got it when i regularly trying to talk about bikes with people wearing livestrong ones and they had no idea what i was talking about... the majority of them didn't even know what the livestrong thing was about, just that everyone else was wearing one...
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Old 01-17-06 | 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by juvi-kyle
I am still waiting to get my ass licked
keep waiting dude... it's worth it...
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