cards in the spokes...genuine question!
 

not trolling...thanks for the answer (before the gestapo closed the original post).

sure, i joined in '05. never looked at the fixed/ss forum much. now that i've got one, i do, and i notice the cards in others bikes that i'd also overlook previously.

sheesh.

They make a clacky sound as they roll past and smack the stays. We like to pretend we're riding 250cc dirtbikes.

here's a good summation:

http://fixedgeargallery.com/spokecards.htm

most of waht was posted in the other therad was spot-on too (aside from the completely unnecessary reactionary locking)

i think it was closed because you said "it looks like the ultimate in poseur fashion" and made yourself sound like a ******.

well that is true, and every1 sounds like a tard on the nets

Yeah it does seem to go against the whole minimalism/fixed thing right?

alot are cards from alleycats, the rest are just decorations. I laminate random stuff and put it in my spokes

they turn your wheels into SAILS for when you attach your fixie-pontoons and brave the high seas

Too much junk being posted at late hours has caused a crackdown on wayward threads.

You can probably thank me. :(

Spoke cards originated from racing, but hey, they're creative something to do. Make some cool ones for your friends and put them in their spokes when they're not looking!

your name is sirpoopalot. you're already starting slow.

u r teh ee-jot.

hahaha

I thought they originated from four-year olds. I had spoke cards before I even knew what an alley was, much less an alleycat...

i like putting aces opposite the drive side chainstay.. they make special clickity clacks. oh and rookie cards.

I prefer cards in the spokes that make me sound like a motorcycle.

i prefer motorcycles. screw this chain tension crap.

and ironically, the Op is named "dookie"

you can also stick a piece of paper with your phone number on it in hot people's spokes when they're not looking and hope they call you!
...not that I've done this...

i've left so many notes in the spokes of people's bikes that i know when i'd see them locked up somewhere

motorcycles have chain tensioners too... inside the engine and outside.