I 'raced' a roadie this afternoon on my way home. We both obviously just got off work and were tired, but we kept the same pace for about 10 km, and finally ended up sharing a lane for the last couple. we talked about the weather, i asked him how the don (bike trail in toronto with NO WINTER MAINTENANCE signs all over it) was, and then i wished him good luck cause i had to walk a hill that he could spin. we ride different bikes, but we had fun together. then we went and did our own things--how hard is that?

i want a nice geared bike again so bad. i love riding fixed, but i'm ready to switch it up again.

I was rollin' slow one day, just takin' it easy, when this decked-out roadie pulls up along side me, puts his hand on my back and starts pushing me while saying, "Need some gears?". I laugh. "Need some gears?", he repeated, thinking I didn't understand. I laugh again. Then he shifts up a gear and proceeds to dance away on his pedals TDF-style in order to impress me, and to re-affirm his observation that I need gears.

That exchange would have tolerable except for the touching by a total stranger. That's completely unnecessary if nothing else.

lol. A roadie yelled "gears rule" at me and a buddy the other day. It was sweet.

this is cool. most roadies here are hotheads who come off as if they are forced to ride a bike against their will.

Wow. What an asshat.

I really like commuting ss with a low gear. The schmucks who want to race just blow right by me.

Yeah, a lot of roadies here do the stare-ahead when you try to nod at them. It's real unwelcoming.

These days I enjoy it when a roadie passes me; which may be because it's only happened once down here (by no means bragging, people just ride really slow here, it's more difficult not to pass them)... but it also gives me a little motivation to put in extra effort.

"Beat him in a foot-vs-bike race and I'll be impressed."

I'm usually riding about 15 mph on longer rides. Which seems reasonably fast to me. Except when I stop to think that a guy running a 4-minute mile is also running 15 mph. And there are unicyclists going 15 mph. Then it seems awfully slow.

wow. i looked up some R600DA posts. very interesting.

why cant you guys and roadies just make peace? why not just recognize that you have a common enemy, the car, and band together?

I have a roadie friend. Actually he kinda convinced me to ride fixed

yeah i have a couple of roadie friends and we get along perfectly; some of them even have/do ride fixed

i don't understand the "rift." i don't care what anyone rides, as long as it's not one of those dumb electric sit/scooter things, and they jump into crosswalks to avoid lights, or your that doofus on a recumbent with anti war posters on it rolling at 8mph in rush hour. beyond that, it's all gravy. bike's are bike's. people are people.

JESUS H. CHRIST
and most people consider it a feat to do a single century.

Fixed gear rider drops roadie on expensive bike! Film at 11.

bravo, these are definitly good words to live by ha
i ride just about any bike i can, from bmx to dual suspension
no need for prejudice against ones own kind

Can we cut to the chase and just start bragging about how big our dicks are?
It would save me having to read page after page of discussion about folks in spandex with gears and their social temperments just to find some good penis comparisons.

tits pictures = vip status.
dick pictures = banned

and you know someone's going to whip out the 'pics or it didn't happen' line.

I dunno about the other penis owners on this board but mine is always pretty shrivelled up when I take my spandex shorts off. Nothing to brag about.

the real R600DA...
https://bikeforums.net/search.php?do=...&starteronly=1

I wasn't sure where to post this but this thread seems like the right place. This is my new tat, it isn't fixed-gear-specific but it is a shout-out to all the gnarly dudes like myself and the OP that know in their hearts of hearts that riding a fixed gear bike is the best thing in the world.

If you ride with gears, you might as well be driving an SUV with seal-skin hubcaps. Don't hate!

Dude, you are a tool....literally.

That tat is fugly.