those SS/FG guys
01-24-06 | 05:05 PM
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those SS/FG guys
Originally Posted by Expatriate
You really should have stopped, and let him know that you are a rational and sensible person, who happens to be on a bike. For all you know, he may think you're one of those ss/fixie guys getting cheap thrills dodging cars. Best to stop, open your wallet, and show him a picture of your wife and kids, then remind him that he's not the only one on the damn road.
https://www.bikeforums.net/advocacy-safety/168541-sometimes-there-nothing-you-can-do-close-call.html
wow...that is all...wow
01-24-06 | 05:14 PM
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wtf....these thrills are not cheap.
01-24-06 | 05:15 PM
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Yeah. I guess I'm not the only one who's not a big Expat fan?
01-24-06 | 05:16 PM
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Gee whiz. I guess it's time to get hitched and raise me a fambly. Everybody's doin' it.
01-24-06 | 05:18 PM
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whatevs. guy gets his jollies riding half a tandem
01-24-06 | 05:19 PM
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oh no now he up and done it. hhahah blow his **** up man. take him down! hahhhaahaha
01-24-06 | 06:15 PM
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Get over it.
01-24-06 | 06:21 PM
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why? you gonna open up yr wallet and show us the wife and kids?
01-24-06 | 06:25 PM
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i like my cheap thrills dodging cars thank you very much...
01-24-06 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by teiaperigosa
wow...that is all...wow
from teiaperigosa himself:
"if I have the light, but there are no cars riding alongside me and a large pack of pedestrians try to cross the street, while I come steamrolling down the street...
they all get real surprised when I come whistling loud as fuk or saying "yo yo" or some **** like that and then they scatter tatatter like they stole something
's actually fun, cause I usually just speed up and play roulette with them"
"riding high is way more fun than riding drunk"
i don't know - seems like expatriate pretty much has you pegged.
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01-24-06 | 06:37 PM
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ha ha ha...i missed that post....
01-24-06 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by timmhaan
this is probably some of the reasons why someone might think SS\FG guys are reckless.
from teiaperigosa himself:
"if I have the light, but there are no cars riding alongside me and a large pack of pedestrians try to cross the street, while I come steamrolling down the street...
they all get real surprised when I come whistling loud as fuk or saying "yo yo" or some **** like that and then they scatter tatatter like they stole something
's actually fun, cause I usually just speed up and play roulette with them"
"riding high is way more fun than riding drunk"
i don't know - seems like expatriate pretty much has you pegged.
from teiaperigosa himself:
"if I have the light, but there are no cars riding alongside me and a large pack of pedestrians try to cross the street, while I come steamrolling down the street...
they all get real surprised when I come whistling loud as fuk or saying "yo yo" or some **** like that and then they scatter tatatter like they stole something
's actually fun, cause I usually just speed up and play roulette with them"
"riding high is way more fun than riding drunk"
i don't know - seems like expatriate pretty much has you pegged.
Who says you gotta be fixed to dodge peds...or get high?
I could do just as much damage to the "good reputation" (haha) of bicyclists by acting similarly on a $50 Wal-Mart rig.
PS-- smoke dope! ride bikes! be free! I don't give a ****!
01-24-06 | 06:46 PM
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I guess fixed gear riders also never reproduce. Good thing I had my kids before I got fixed.
01-24-06 | 06:49 PM
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anyone read chimblysweep's answer on that thread? witty. i liked it.
01-24-06 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by humancongereel
and what matters is not getting killed by some latte-drinking hippo in a denali.
haha that was too ****ing good
01-24-06 | 07:01 PM
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yeah, except none of them would get the other meaning...
01-24-06 | 07:02 PM
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it just worked so damn well
01-24-06 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by timmhaan
i don't know - seems like expatriate pretty much has you pegged.
Likewise, there are plenty of people that view the SS/FG crowd as irresponsible thrill-seekers. The irony of all this is that I was not implying anything about them. I was merely pointing out that the driver being discussed in the original post may have the incorrect perception that Baiskeli was behaving in an unsafe manner, when he clearly wasnt. I also tried to drive home the point that this driver should be made to be aware that he could have left a woman without her partner, or children without their dad.
01-24-06 | 07:06 PM
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i guess i'm just full of "wry quips" today, eh, imoncrank?
01-24-06 | 07:08 PM
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i had geared bike once.. but i just couldnt seek out enough thrills on it.
01-24-06 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by humancongereel
i guess i'm just full of "wry quips" today, eh, imoncrank?
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01-24-06 | 07:28 PM
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aight.
01-24-06 | 07:28 PM
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****! Stop deleting posts!
01-24-06 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by mattface
Putting aside the presumption that fixed gear riders are irresponsible, and unlikely to reproduce, I think it's asking a lot of someone who nearly got killed by an oblivious driver to stop and try and make nice like Mr. Rogers. Even if you CAN put aside your anger long enough to do it it's not neccessarily advisable. You never know who you might be talking to. Lots of car drivers are stressed out and agressive. They see a bike they didn't know existed a moment ago whiz by an inch off their inside fender, they are likely to be angry instead f concerned, and yes some may even be violent towards the cyclist. Pulling out your wallet to show them pictures of your grandkids might not persuade them not to bludgeon you with the nearest blunt object.