Well...I don't think that's fair.

I actually like puppies. But Baby Jesus...yeah, he's done for.

I've always thought of myself more as a sturgeon or something...

I'm allergic to yerba. I have to drink filtered water from a hypo-allergenic sippy cup, while my private nurse massages my temples after one of my 'spells.'

Oh, you vicious brutes, why won't you leave me alone...

Ok so I'm glad none of these responses have anything to do with the topic at hand. Ohio will tentatively be making the trek for Monster Track, a race for those with youthful, cock-out, wild abandon. For the rest of you titty babies, enjoy sipping your yerba mate.

fixed

let's talk more about that awesome bag that had the ghosts on it.


and the audio track... wtf was up with that? was it sampled from the actual speech or was it recreated? it sounded lame and fake(the sample).

How did Gordiep respond to a post that came after his? (Witch! Burn the witch!)

Does it matter? I think we've sufficiently demonstrated our idiocy in this thread, though I have something of a lead on the rest of you.

If you really want to continue the debate about messengering, PM me.

lawl!

that skitching fall was seriously some black magik stuff. how did he not get squeezed like a zit?

Some people here come from really small gene pools.

timing was all it was about with that. 1st time I saw it I was so scared for him. If a car were right behind the taxi or a little closer on the side of it...it would have not been pretty

Affordable digital media and high bandwidth data transfer: God's special gift to the vain.

lol it's so true.

that dude who missed the shot of the 666 writing because he was fiddling with his speedlight.... ha!

I come from a really big gene pool, I attribute everything to multiple head injuries.

Anyway, this has been a hoot, but if I don't brief for contracts I'm totally going to get called on, and she can be mean.

hahaha, it's true, so true

I think the riders were awesome and that the video was great.
However, I do own a car and I know that if a cyclist cut in front of me that close and I almost hit them I'd be damn angry. And upset, that I almost hit him.
So yes, it was awesome, but no, they're certainly not winning any points for the reputation of cyclists.

I have a great C+ article about the history of hill climbing time trials in the UK. Since the hills there are small and steep, the races are too. Just about every pic (they are mostly from the 50s and 60s) shows a guy on a fixed gear with a single front brake.

I met an old guy of British extraction who rode a brakeless (sometimes front braked) track bike on the road in the Greater Vancouver area from the 70s to the 90s, for commuting, road rides and touring. He picked up the habit from his dad, an even older british guy.

Basically, fixed road riding has deep UK roots. Sure though, i agree that the current fad is largely due to messengers.

... that's a good point, people sometimes argue that because idiot cyclists only put themselves at risk that makes it OK. Seriously hurting or killing some young person, even if it's their fault and you don't get hurt yourself, is a big deal. it's something that will stay with most people for a really long time.

Thanks for the sig Gordiep!!! I had been looking for something FUNNY with a touch of rhetorical irony. It fits me perfect. I have a "real job" too. How do you like yours? Do you feel like a sell out too? I kinda hate mine sometimes. But hell, I just love all this disposable income.

Bring on the new era of yuppie fixies.

EDIT: Apparently all that higher education can't teach you how to add a signature. But this is what it will be when it comes...
" I know that you guys like to glamorize what you do, but for the rest of the country, you're a joke. Go and work a real job, with people who don't have the privilege of spending their idle time dodging around in traffic, then you'll see what grit and balls really are."

I liked the video

what part of nowhere do you live? most messengers ride mountain bikes and don't give a **** about alleycats. their fenders are made out of plastic and duct tape and they certainly don't glamorize what they do.

how i love pissing contests on the internet. provides a much needed relief from the daily drudgery of work.

Skelly is correct.


And I'm not a messenger; haven't been in a couple years.


Still, it's disappointing that after actually taking the time to lay out points in an intelligent way, Gordiep's only response was to call me "fellah," argue a point that I never put forward, and then regress back into his tantrum-throwing. I never glorified messengers and, in fact, I never argued that they weren't "middle class" (even though the vast, vast majority of messengers are not).

I only questioned the colloquial label, implying that these are the same people as the ones you see driving their parents' cars and going to frat parties, rather than people who ride in this kind of traffic as a full time job, for upwards of ten hours a day.



Do you care to form a legitimate thought in response to what I did write, Gordiep? Or have you made yourself all worn out from your crusading against things and people you admit to not even having a faint understanding of.

And by the way, isn't it charming that after I finally cleared up the definition of "rhetorical irony" for Gordeip, who had been waving it around like a flag-symbol of his "education," his response is to tell me to "get a real job?"



You seem like a relatively smart guy, Gordeip. This must be very hard for you.

Eh..
The video was okay. I agree with everyone else saying it wasnt great Because:the editing was too much, the dual screen shots were not needed and the muisc or voice soundtracks was annoying. It looked like fun but wasnt a great" great" video. Lucas Brunelle vid's are my favorite..simple and nice.

I got in to work about an hour ago and there is way to much testosteron for me about Gordiep.
so all I can say about that is

thus

**** yeah, son.

this is just incredibly ignorant. most messengers are just scraping by to survive, performing manual labor for very little money, and being shat upon by the wealthy ******bags who exploit them. some are trust-fund kids doing it for the cool-factor, but most are not, which is something you should consider before claiming that all messengers aren't working-class and that they don't have what you deem a "real" job.

yeah, well, you're not the only educated person on this board, nor are you the only one who has worked hard to become one. i'm not sure to what "profound cause" you are referring, but my distaste for your language comes from the fact that you sound like a wank, plain and simple.