Who knew? Henry Miller rode fixed...
04-18-08, 01:17 PM
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Who knew? Henry Miller rode fixed...
Stumbled across a picture of everyone's favorite literary hero, Henry Miller - posing with what looks like a fixie... truly a man ahead of his time!
04-18-08, 01:25 PM
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i see a coaster brake
likely a single speed
still a cool pic
i guess he was a rivendell fit kinda guy
sort of
likely a single speed
still a cool pic
i guess he was a rivendell fit kinda guy
sort of
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04-18-08, 01:58 PM
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I was just at the Turku one, with all that glass. Doing nothing.
EDIT: What does going to a library have anything to do with knowing this guy?
EDIT: What does going to a library have anything to do with knowing this guy?
04-18-08, 02:19 PM
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^^^lolzers
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It's in A Moveable Feast. The excerpt that most internet bike geeks know is this: https://www.ciclisucarta.it/stuff/hemingway_en.htm Good stuff!
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Henry Miller is the original NYC bike hipster, he wrote a story about growing up in Brooklyn and riding an old Czech track bike (with a slanting top tube) he got from an ex six-day racer, and how all the neighborhood mothers would warn their kids to watch out for him, because he rode really fast and had no brakes. He also had an aforementioned skinny, hip lady friend with a bob... I think the story is called "My Best Friend"
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Henry Miller is the original NYC bike hipster, he wrote a story about growing up in Brooklyn and riding an old Czech track bike (with a slanting top tube) he got from an ex six-day racer, and how all the neighborhood mothers would warn their kids to watch out for him, because he rode really fast and had no brakes. He also had an aforementioned skinny, hip lady friend with a bob... I think the story is called "My Best Friend"
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Henry Miller is the original NYC bike hipster, he wrote a story about growing up in Brooklyn and riding an old Czech track bike (with a slanting top tube) he got from an ex six-day racer, and how all the neighborhood mothers would warn their kids to watch out for him, because he rode really fast and had no brakes. He also had an aforementioned skinny, hip lady friend with a bob... I think the story is called "My Best Friend"
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Stumbled across a picture of everyone's favorite literary hero, Henry Miller - posing with what looks like a fixie... truly a man ahead of his time!
