Good one!

riding a single sleep with only a rear brake. it shouldn't... but it drives me crazy.

it should zach, it really should, they're giving up something like 75 percent of thier braking power, i mean come on

1. telling yourself "fewer parts so the thieves won't want it" and dropping $1500 on a track bike

2. telling yourself "I better build a beater so my nice bike doesn't get stolen" and dropping $800 on a conversion

3. telling yourself "deraileurs and brakes weigh a ton" as your sling the 10lb NYC chain around your waist

hey, 46x17, what if you scream "can't stop no brakes!" at pedestrians? safe and hilarious!

3 strikes against me. I'm going straight to hell.

1. gold velocity deep v's with suzue disco hubs.
2. wearing all black at night
3. thinking lights look "lame" on my bike.
4. no helmet ever
5. no emergency brake
6. b123's on the street
7. never been to the velodrome

i stop at all red lights and stop signs though.

edit: i just got my b123's and i love the narrow profile and lightness compared to my steel soma track drops...

i have committed a couple on your list. i would like to point out that i am going to the velodrome as soon as i can.

i want to go to the velodrome, but after skateboarding for 20 odd years, the idea of paying to ride, wearing a helmet and following rules is hard to swallow. i know i'll get over it, velodromes look like a hell of a lot of fun. i just always hated P.E.

heh. i'm just competitive when i'm on my bike, so i figure i should put it to good use. on group rides i just ride with everyone else and talk and all...but on my own, i race cars, race joggers, race dogs, anything that comes along.

8. riding wasted, blasting GZA in the headphones.

ha. half guilty of that. and not the riding wasted part.


ha ha, psych...it was that part.

lights absolutly look lame on my bike... but i have lights and feel like a thousand times more safe riding at night

actually during the ride?

How about taking way too long to lock up outside the bar?! "Hold on, guys, I just gotta put one more u-lock through the chainring! Do you think I should use 'the Sheldon Method'? What? Where's my cable? Hold on, I forgot to take off my lights..."

i use these. they come on and off easily... off preferably.

not U-locking a car that just cut you off.

holy ****. it took me forever the other night. kind of half cut wandering around outside trying to find the right place to lock up. trying to get the frame and the back wheel locked together with cable coming from the front wheel. out of frustration i just carried the thing inside. needless to say i was still paranoid someone was goign to fall into it, scoop it etc. damn...i need a beater!

hmm, well...only occasionally.

and that lock thing is funny. u-lock, sheldon method. ta-da.

9. riding with headphones

weening my self off the headphones...it's tough. especially after a few beers.

not having your bike's color scheme right, or not even having one

I once went on a [fixed] ride with a few people. One chap rode a brakeless track bike with untaped chrome nitto drops, [I don't recall the exact model], no gloves, no water on a hot summer day. This was a 20-30ish mile ride with a few hills which could give a novice brakeless rider trouble . When we got back the kid couldn't grip a thing due to sweaty palms on untaped chrome drops, and his arms and hands were completely numb. Not to mention he was panting, sweating and without water. Oops. He was also the slowest, and also had the largest gear ratio. Oops again.

....um blowing through lights like its nyc.....phone calls on a bike...

and this one kills me everysingle time






FOAM-LESS TOP TUBE PROTECTOR(just a sleeve) ON BIKE WITH RISE BARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!




its just wrong...like two boys sharing and ice cream cone in the shower wrong. thats what i get for being a muggle....those foamless top tube protectors/sleeves MUST be magic.

-riding the wrong way on a one way street (pet peeve)
-riding on sidewalks
-only locking up through the frame (then being bummed/startled when your wheels are stolen

having a track bike cooler than 95% of the hipsters out there, but opting to ride your bridgestone XO-2 with full fenders and 21spds!