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Singlespeed & Fixed Gear "I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear!"-- Henri Desgrange (31 January 1865 - 16 August 1940)
View Poll Results: If you had to give up your SS/FG and ride one of these, which would you choose?
Weird beard recumbent trike
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Ugly ass electric assist mountain bike
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45 lb dutch bike.
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Old 10-24-07 | 10:48 AM
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Old 10-24-07 | 10:50 AM
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What does this have to do with anything?
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Old 10-24-07 | 10:54 AM
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Do I need to get the PhD before I can ride the recumbent?
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Old 10-24-07 | 10:55 AM
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why does the choice need to be made?
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Old 10-24-07 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by streetlightpoet
why does the choice need to be made?
I don't know, I was just curious. It was just one of those dumb things that have a tendency to pop into my head while riding to work.
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Old 10-24-07 | 10:59 AM
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Do I need to get the PhD before I can ride the recumbent?
Normally you would but for the purposes of this poll, no.
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Old 10-24-07 | 11:41 AM
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dutch bikes have a lot of cool accesories on them.

i'm going with the dutch on this one.
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Old 10-24-07 | 11:47 AM
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Dutch, except I'd add a banana seat with a tall sissy bar and ape-hanger handle bars.
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Old 10-24-07 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by 666pack
dutch bikes have a lot of cool accesories on them.

i'm going with the dutch on this one.
The dutch bike is clearly the coolest of the three, but also the slowest. I think I'm leaning towards the bent.
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Old 10-24-07 | 11:57 AM
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Old 10-24-07 | 12:03 PM
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I have to go electric MTB on this one. Perfect for an xtracycle.

^the above gif basically sums up the entire fixed/ss subforum.
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Old 10-24-07 | 12:12 PM
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I would choose A.

Also, is anyone else getting really annoyed with the BikeForums errors for the past couple days? Server errors?
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Old 10-24-07 | 12:14 PM
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Too many people getting fat, sitting in chairs and posting on the internet, instead of riding bikes?

I'd pick the Dutch bike. They're really cool, IMO. I'd love to go to the Netherlands and experience the Amsterdam bike culture first-hand.
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Old 10-24-07 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by skinnyland
Too many people getting fat, sitting in chairs and posting on the internet, instead of riding bikes?
Well, it is that kind of year....

I'm inside because my ankle is currently in a cast.

But I am shopping for frames/looking into building my own.
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Old 10-24-07 | 12:23 PM
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id like to ride the 'bent but i picked the dutch bike because its more practical on a daily basis
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Old 10-24-07 | 12:32 PM
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I picked the recumbent. I would have picked the MTB, but DS frames with that high of a pivot point suck the royal ballsack.

Of course, I'm kind of biased because I kind of want a recumbent in real life.
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Old 10-24-07 | 12:51 PM
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It's obviously a trick question. The single speed is the only correct answer.
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Old 10-24-07 | 12:56 PM
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I saw a kid with that MTB on campus the other day. I almost took a cell pic of it to show you guys I was so appalled at it.

I choose that one.
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Old 10-24-07 | 01:15 PM
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Definitely the trike, purely for upskirt pics.
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Old 10-24-07 | 01:28 PM
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I'd do the recumbant if only I can gain 50 pounds, then talk about how I rode the distance to the moon at a 15 miles per hour.
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Old 10-24-07 | 01:28 PM
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I already own a wicked dutch bike so I'd stick with that, it kicks ***** for bike pub crawls.
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Old 10-24-07 | 01:32 PM
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My facial hair grows in really ****ty, so I think I am ruled out of being allowed on a recumbent.

That dutch bike looks like it could be fun.
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Old 10-24-07 | 01:34 PM
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I'd give it up for one of these:

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Old 10-24-07 | 01:36 PM
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Man, that thing is fugly, even on trials bike standards.
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Old 10-24-07 | 01:52 PM
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Weird it may be, but the recumbent will achieve the highest final speed - higher than most roadies on their road bikes.

Yeah, it's weird - weird fast.
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