Let the Roadies Know
10-25-06, 01:23 PM
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Let the Roadies Know
You might want to weigh in on this thread over in Roadieville https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycling/239850-fixed-gear-why.html 
10-25-06, 01:30 PM
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meh, in my mind, if you're going to be asinine you have to be at least a little amusing.
this guy just wants to "win" arguments about it so that he can feel good about his debating skills and his own bike of choice.
i know a lot of republicans like that.
this guy just wants to "win" arguments about it so that he can feel good about his debating skills and his own bike of choice.
i know a lot of republicans like that.
10-25-06, 02:14 PM
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Some people on other forums seem to believe that if you ride an "illogical" fixed gear and actually like it you must be some kind of irrational fanatic who shuns all other types of bikes and riding. Oh, and you also must be either too slow/weak to be a roadie or ride like a reckless @sshole. I'm done with those threads.
10-25-06, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by marqueemoon
Some people on other forums seem to believe that if you ride an "illogical" fixed gear and actually like it you must be some kind of irrational fanatic who shuns all other types of bikes and riding. Oh, and you also must be either too slow/weak to be a roadie or ride like a reckless @sshole. I'm done with those threads.
The real problem is that some folks don't know what fun is.
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10-25-06, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by noisebeam
The real problem is that some folks don't know what fun is.
Al
And I'm a hard-core roadie who rides fixed on a regular basis. Why? Because it is simple, and FUN.
10-25-06, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Da Tinker
Why? Because it is simple, and FUN.
10-25-06, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by dirtyphotons
i know, but WHY is it fun? you must prove it mathematically and show your work
10-25-06, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by dirtyphotons
i know, but WHY is it fun? you must prove it mathematically and show your work
10-25-06, 03:00 PM
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More up-to-date version of "A miracle occurs"
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Originally Posted by Learn_not2burn
I'm a TA for some engineering classes and while grading papers some kid put down no work and just wrote "Ti-89 *****es" and then the answer he'd copied out of the back of the book. Brilliant.
I'm gonna such a ****ty professor.
10-25-06, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by dirtyphotons
i know, but WHY is it fun? you must prove it mathematically and show your work
f = 1/s*P where f is the ammount of fun, s is the number of speeds, P is international pleasure constant.
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Originally Posted by Dead Roman
you seriously never had fun on a big wheel?
Originally Posted by Learn_not2burn
I'm a TA for some engineering classes and while grading papers some kid put down no work and just wrote "Ti-89 *****es" and then the answer he'd copied out of the back of the book. Brilliant.
10-25-06, 03:08 PM
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Its all resoved now, the doubter came to realize riding fixed is like driving a ****ty stick shift.
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10-25-06, 03:09 PM
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Speaking of Theoretical Quantum Physics, I will now set up a test where I will link this thread back to the roadie thread in a seperate link, open that window, and enter the fourth dimension.
Who's with me?
Who's with me?
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10-25-06, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Serendipper
Speaking of Theoretical Quantum Physics, I will now set up a test where I will link this thread back to the roadie thread in a seperate link, open that window, and enter the fourth dimension.
Who's with me?
Who's with me?
actually I mis-represented, the doubter came to realize: "a fixie is like a rear wheel drive, manual transmission roadster car without power steering. Sure it isn't very practical. The suspension jolts you on every bump. You can't even get out of your driveway in 1/4" of snow. Your clutch leg cramps in traffic. Your arms are about to fall off when you parallel park it"
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Originally Posted by noisebeam
excellent!
actually I mis-represented, the doubter came to realize: "a fixie is like a rear wheel drive, manual transmission roadster car without power steering. Sure it isn't very practical. The suspension jolts you on every bump. You can't even get out of your driveway in 1/4" of snow. Your clutch leg cramps in traffic. Your arms are about to fall off when you parallel park it"
actually I mis-represented, the doubter came to realize: "a fixie is like a rear wheel drive, manual transmission roadster car without power steering. Sure it isn't very practical. The suspension jolts you on every bump. You can't even get out of your driveway in 1/4" of snow. Your clutch leg cramps in traffic. Your arms are about to fall off when you parallel park it"
Yeah its great that he answered his own thread with exactly the answer that he wasn't looking for and continuously rejected. It was encapsulated in a car analogy though.
10-25-06, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Serendipper
Speaking of Theoretical Quantum Physics, I will now set up a test where I will link this thread back to the roadie thread in a seperate link, open that window, and enter the fourth dimension.
Who's with me?
Who's with me?
10-25-06, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by noisebeam
excellent!
actually I mis-represented, the doubter came to realize: "a fixie is like a rear wheel drive, manual transmission roadster car without power steering. Sure it isn't very practical. The suspension jolts you on every bump. You can't even get out of your driveway in 1/4" of snow. Your clutch leg cramps in traffic. Your arms are about to fall off when you parallel park it"
actually I mis-represented, the doubter came to realize: "a fixie is like a rear wheel drive, manual transmission roadster car without power steering. Sure it isn't very practical. The suspension jolts you on every bump. You can't even get out of your driveway in 1/4" of snow. Your clutch leg cramps in traffic. Your arms are about to fall off when you parallel park it"
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Originally Posted by veggiemafia
I'm gonna such a ****ty professor.
10-25-06, 04:27 PM
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no politics...this place is bad enough.
and if that mobius thread thing works Serrendipper, I would like to secure travel arrangements to Seoul. Thank you.
and if that mobius thread thing works Serrendipper, I would like to secure travel arrangements to Seoul. Thank you.
10-25-06, 04:48 PM
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If you ride a fixed gear, you'll never get clutch leg cramps. If you ride a road bike, there's no guarantees.
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