It's over
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pan y agua

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It's over
Fixed Gear is officially no longer cool. Wall Street Journal had an article on Fixed Gear on the front of today's Weekend Edition. Now way too mainstream to be cool.
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Haven't you heard? Mixte three speeds are the new fixed gear. With pink Phil's of course.
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Speaking of wall street journal types, everytime when I ride to work on the bike path there is some dude on a segue.
Is it okay to clothes line him as I ride by?
Is it okay to clothes line him as I ride by?
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Originally Posted by carleton
Dude, it won't be dead until Ashton Kutcher gets a fixie. He can single handedly drive any trend into the ground.


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Your bike shop is selling them?
I think that would be enough for me to write a shop off.
(Is that how you spell it? Segway? Not "sugue" as in "making a transition")
I think that would be enough for me to write a shop off.
(Is that how you spell it? Segway? Not "sugue" as in "making a transition")
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Originally Posted by genericbikedude
walking with a fixed gear means always taking steps of the same size, and never stopping immediately or making sharp turns without hopping up and down, and never EVER wearing roller skates.
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edant (by the way, it IS Segway, and the correct spelling of the word related to transition, is segue, not sugue) /pedant
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Originally Posted by Sammyboy
Mode
edant (by the way, it IS Segway, and the correct spelling of the word related to transition, is segue, not sugue) /pedantThat 2nd time was a typo.
I got it right the first time.
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#17
Originally Posted by j-lie
My lbs started selling segways. soooo f*ing lame. They're gonna be the new fanny pack.
edit: i also saw THE KING walking his ride up the williamsburg bridge the other day. sometimes ya just gotta stroll.
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Is there an advantage to wearing those shants vs. wearing shorts? I know the reason why you would not wear pants, but am not informed enough to know why one would not just wear shorts. And for the record, I ask in earnest.
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Originally Posted by acavengo
Is there an advantage to wearing those shants vs. wearing shorts? I know the reason why you would not wear pants, but am not informed enough to know why one would not just wear shorts. And for the record, I ask in earnest.
seriously though. shants are a bit warmer than shorts. they are for spring and fall. shorts are for summer.
my shants (the chrome ones) also have built in padding, awesome pockets, and are comfy as ****. plus they are tough as hell.
so yeah, i wear shants and rock a fanny pack.






