Spoke cards. What are they for?
05-12-06, 09:41 PM
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Spoke cards. What are they for?
Seen 'em. Don't get it.
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I raced in _____ alleycat.
That's pretty much it.
Some people use them to show that they're part of a crew, much like roadies having team kits...
That's pretty much it.
Some people use them to show that they're part of a crew, much like roadies having team kits...
05-12-06, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by HereNT
I raced in _____ alleycat.
That's pretty much it.
Some people use them to show that they're part of a crew, much like roadies having team kits...
That's pretty much it.
Some people use them to show that they're part of a crew, much like roadies having team kits...
05-12-06, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by sers
sentimental reasons
nat king cole. **** yeah. **** that christmas album. ignore that and you have a damn fine catalog of music. "when i fall in love" is amazing.
05-12-06, 10:24 PM
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They are for losing in a few weeks.
I've never been able to keep a card in my spokes for more than a month. I see dudes with three and four, and I don't know how they keep them so long. Maybe they just keep better care of their cards.
I've had five, but they are all gone now. All except for the one I thought was nice enough not to leave in my spokes. Now that I think about it, I realize that I haven't raced in an alleycat in a couple of months, and that makes me... sentimental.
I've never been able to keep a card in my spokes for more than a month. I see dudes with three and four, and I don't know how they keep them so long. Maybe they just keep better care of their cards.
I've had five, but they are all gone now. All except for the one I thought was nice enough not to leave in my spokes. Now that I think about it, I realize that I haven't raced in an alleycat in a couple of months, and that makes me... sentimental.
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Helmet thread.
Now this.
Troll.
Now this.
Troll.
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Originally Posted by slopvehicle
they're used to add wind resistance on training rides, holmes.
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Originally Posted by hyperRevue
Helmet thread.
Now this.
Troll.
Now this.
Troll.
Silly him, he actually asked a question about part of fixed gear style/culture...
05-13-06, 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ZappCatt
Not a troll, just someone who has recently taken an interest in Fixed gear(after being on BF in the Roadie forum for awhile)
Silly him, he actually asked a question about part of fixed gear style/culture...
Silly him, he actually asked a question about part of fixed gear style/culture...
Not that I have to vindicate myself, but to vindicate myself, I've been riding fixed for over a year. I have an early seventies Cinelli Pista, so I'm actually more of a vintage bike freak than a roadie. I do own a road bike though, a 1983 Bianchi Super Legerra Specialissima; but it's got all of those gears and brakes and a freewheel, so it's nowhere near as fun to ride. But hey, if I want to ride up the coast for sixty or seventy miles, I'm sure as hell not going to do it on my Cinelli. No brakes and Mt. Soledad do not mix.
my bike before the crash:
05-13-06, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by medfurd
^ Are there any that don't cross traffic? I think I could handle it if cars aren't in the mix.
just keep your eyes and ears open. i'm sure something will happen.
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Originally Posted by transplant
a little more than the fact that you raced, they often have your number as well
05-13-06, 01:41 AM
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Brakeless too... we're in bad shape.
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Originally Posted by MrCjolsen
Wouldn't it be better to have your race number on some part of the bike that's not spinning? Easier to see?
No-one actually cares what your "race number" is, with the possible exception of you when you need to remember it at the finish line.
And they look really cool, all spinning in the spokes and stuff.
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Originally Posted by stormywaters
I didn't ask a question, I was trying to help answer it, but some people are just jerks.
Not that I have to vindicate myself, but to vindicate myself, I've been riding fixed for over a year. I have an early seventies Cinelli Pista, so I'm actually more of a vintage bike freak than a roadie. I do own a road bike though, a 1983 Bianchi Super Legerra Specialissima; but it's got all of those gears and brakes and a freewheel, so it's nowhere near as fun to ride. But hey, if I want to ride up the coast for sixty or seventy miles, I'm sure as hell not going to do it on my Cinelli. No brakes and Mt. Soledad do not mix.
my bike before the crash:
Not that I have to vindicate myself, but to vindicate myself, I've been riding fixed for over a year. I have an early seventies Cinelli Pista, so I'm actually more of a vintage bike freak than a roadie. I do own a road bike though, a 1983 Bianchi Super Legerra Specialissima; but it's got all of those gears and brakes and a freewheel, so it's nowhere near as fun to ride. But hey, if I want to ride up the coast for sixty or seventy miles, I'm sure as hell not going to do it on my Cinelli. No brakes and Mt. Soledad do not mix.
my bike before the crash:
And, to Zappcatt, the reasoning behind my comment was that someone starting two threads within two minutes of each other, one about helmets that derides "little beanie hats" and then one about spoke cards, is just a little bit suspicious.
If I'm wrong, then I apologize.
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