Pfutz

if she hated singlespeeds what response did you expect when you said it was fixed.

helloamerican

next time just start making faces and yell nonsensically at her. thats a lesson both her AND her daughter can learn.

pirate

Some of you are taking this much more seriously than I could ever forsee. This place makes me laugh.

ersatz radio

Facebook isn't a forum. Its about preening and self image, not dialogue.

bmxdan

back when i lived in austin i would run into at least 2 people a week that would ask questions about my bike. when it was parked outside my work, i would look out the front windows and see people constantly stoping to take a close look at what was going on with it.

It was even better when i was unlocking and some cute sorority girls would pass by and i would hear one of them explaining to their sorority sisters how a fixed gear bike works. in the six years that i would lock up in austin at that same location the sorority girl thing happened at least 4 times.

skinnyland

bonechilling

This thread is chock-full of bull****.

crushkilldstroy

One time I was unlocking out front of the library. Some dude walks over and says "Hey bro nice fixie dude yeah." I said "Thanks." Then he said "Wanna go shred?" and i'm all "**** YEAH!" Turns out that dude was Yngvie Malmsteen.

Nakedjim

I get a lot of homeless dudes screaming about my bike. But they tend to scream at everyone.

sp00ki

One time, i locked my fixed up and the mayor came over to me and was all "that bike is craaaaazy! i can't believe you ride something with only one gear and no freewheel and NO BRAKES!! how do you stop? and your geometry's so tight, what do you do about toe overlap??" and i was all, "it's no big deal", and he shook his head and was all "you're nuts, all you guys are nuts".
But then a little while later, these sexy 18 year old dance majors from u arts saw me riding and started giggling and were like "that's a sexy track bike" and i was all "thanks".

willfcc

Dear Penthouse Forum.......

Surferbruce

i'm just glad to see shants back,..

slopvehicle

I've encountered a few people who couldn't believe I only had one speed on that "racing bike". and a few who coudln't believe my ss mtb wasn't a "fixie". and even a few people who insisted I have "no gears" when I quite obviously have two in plain sight.

doofo

lol

what the **** is going on in here
?

the pope

Hooray!

jamey

hahaha

willypilgrim

I work at a coffee shop for my morning job, and there is one older dude who always talks to me about fixies, wants to convert his old raleigh, is really interested in track bikes, etc, and is generally awsome.

There's also a guy that comes in every morning to switch "custody" of his daughter with his ex wife. One day he came and in said "Hey, do you ride a fixie?" and i said "yeah, that's my bike out back" and he said his daughter had pointed it out. Aparently he rides a bianchi fix of some sort, and his 8 year old daughter has been asking him to make her a fixie.

Most people at work just act weird when it comes up that i ride my bike to work every day. crazy.

pirate

this is way cool.

Boss Moniker

I work at a bike store. Everyone in my town knows everything about bikes, and half of them ride fixed gears.

Alleycat on the 7th, I was sprinting up a hill about 4 miles from the start and some random guy walking by yelled "Alleycat?". "Hell yeah!" I responded. Must have been a coincidence.. only 20 people showed up to this alleycat, and it wasn't publicized at all.

the pope

Is anyone else getting the sense that there are two completely different tribes running down this gorge and one is entirely oblivious of the other?

pirate

I see you. get out of my gorge, *****!

skelly

only person who ever said anything was some old dude on 145th street in harlem when he yelled "fix it up, kid!" with his fist in the air.

Hoshnasi

"Burning Candles, incantations, human sacrifice!"

That guy has 13 fingers.

SugarPILL

I was leaving the coffee stop on my way to work this morning, on my way out a couple of ladies (In full motorcycle gear, the leather and all) asked "Oh, is that a single speed?" I replied "yeah", then rode off to work. But, it was really fixed...shhh.

bonechilling

I have my first signature.