So maybe I missed something, but the guy asks how many people would be interested in buying a copy, and if anyone then says that they want one, they're a tool?

Please teach me, Obi wan, to be cool like you, do I need to buy a copy or not? Is Ebay better? What if I just convert my dad's old copy?

To speak for WK, the OP said "'Riding Fixed' is being expanded and reprinted" and provided no explanation of what it actually is.
So, without any such explanation, the outpouring of interest does seem odd.

So I'm only a tool for posting snarky comments, not for wanting a physical copy of something that I've already read in past posts?

This is hardly my thing, but I doubt WK's comment was directed at you solely.

So I'm a tool for posting snarky comments AND for thinking the world revolves around me. Damn, it just gets worse and worse. :(

Okay, man.
You're a tool.

got an email from the fixed gear gallery. The book is being proofread one final time then going to the printers, which they think will be today, maybe tomorrow, and certainly sometime this week.

My guess is they will be ready for sale in one week.

from Denis at the FGG.

"Hey,
Can you believe it? We're actually at the printer. Proof late tomorrow"

we should be ready to go very soon.

hehe, yeah, search for "riding fixed" in this forum. :) Only 20 pages to wade through. If you add "book" it narrows it down, but does not produce anything useful.

If anyone ever bothers to describe it, I might be interested. If it's just another Fixed Gear 101 I'm not interested.

umm, not to beat a dead horse or anything, but with all the bumped Mayonnaise posts lately it's gotten me interested in the book. Is it exclusively the stuff from BFSSFG or is there more? While $14 to ffg for the book isn't a ton of money necessarily it is enough for me to want to be sure what I'm buying.

No, you rock. Really.

The initial effort got the book down to I think 5 or so dollars. That involved me taking my ex girlfriend out to dinner. Since I've been married for over 10 years, that cause some drama. OK, A LOT OF DRAMA. And to get such a printing deal again, would be bad. If you counted shiping, handling and all that went into it, the cost could have been 10 and been solid. Since it's 3rd party now, and it covers the cost of FFG handling it for web page, pay pal cost, printing, handling, and shipping.

JUST FOR YOU:

Buy it. If you don't like it. Ship it to me and I'll send you CASH to cover it's cost AND your shipping to me.

My word I'll cover it if you don't like it.

How's that?

But if you do like it, you've got to do some good karma action for someone, in a manner how you choose.

Dennis at Fixed Gear Gallery contacted me a year or so ago and asked about reprinting the book that was originally midwifed by this forum.

Two things had happened. The buzz had died down and I had kept writing. It seemed like the right time to update and expand on the original idea. Dennis’ son had some layout and print experience and the FGG had real presence in the internet fixed gear community. It was a logical choice to reprise the effort with them.

The new version is nicer. The paper is of better quality with a thicker, glossier cover than before and it is greatly expanded: a total of 12 stories over the original 8.

Yes, it’s $14. Like before, it’s been a labor of love from a small group of people. No one is making money on this little book, mostly it goes to keeping the computers running and an occasional bottle of wine. If you enjoy the pictures at FGG, a small bit of your money keeps Dennis’ site up and running.

I mention this so you’re aware that “Riding Fixed” is, and has always been, a grassroots publication. People got behind the project because they wanted to see it blossom. If I could, I would give the things away, but that simply isn’t possible. If you like the writing I encourage you to buy a copy because the stuff reads better from a beat up copy you keep in your bike bag.

Ride Hard

dude, you run this **** now? i read this forum a lot and i don't think anyone bothers me on a more constant basis than you. get the **** over youself man

id be way into this

*psst...you look ridiculous gettin' all hyper over a post that's a year old...*

"Man, sheeeet, you been botherin me on a constant basis since before i JOINED the forum!"

Hell, I'd grab a copy. Then again, I read almost anything :D

Background: Mayo wrote these stories here in 2003. I collected them, with Mayo's permission, I had them professionally laid out, and then printed, then did all the work on selling them through 2004. In early 2005 I began traveling so much, I couldn't help in a second run, so after that, 2005 ish, Mayo got the original e version, and he sent it to FGG.

Do you understand now?

What the comments you quoted were about (look at the date): I was fed up with the 40 plus people who said "send me one" but didn't bother to send money or pay up front. It was 5 dollars.

I fully understand that people react that way to my posting at times. I am a bit of a curmudgeon, and don't post on here in a constant manner as most, such that others often feel I am an invader to a place they feel as thier own.

Or, he just didn't get it, and that's ok.

Wow, this really reminds me of the old days. Now we need some drug, porn and vomit stories.

This place is starting to get interesting again!!!