Why I will never ride with brakes.
08-25-08, 11:16 AM
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Good job, people make all kinds of choices based on their conscience or preferences every day.
They choose to hope for the rapture, fight for their country, give money to Bush,
to imbibe crazy extremist dogmas at ivy league colleges that have nothing to do
with reality, to make crappy abstract expressionist art, to wear gang colors,
to spend too much money on hand made frames. . .I'm not sure there is really
any novelty in this. I'm not digging against it I just fail to see it as anything
novel whatsoever. Also given the considerable culture that surrounds riding a fixed gear
and the long history of brakeless riding the choice wasn't made in a vacuum. There is no
one alive today who sprang fully formed from Zeus's forehead with a brakeless bike
and said "I will ride this in traffic, behold I am the OG." So enjoy your choice and stop
worrying already.
They choose to hope for the rapture, fight for their country, give money to Bush,
to imbibe crazy extremist dogmas at ivy league colleges that have nothing to do
with reality, to make crappy abstract expressionist art, to wear gang colors,
to spend too much money on hand made frames. . .I'm not sure there is really
any novelty in this. I'm not digging against it I just fail to see it as anything
novel whatsoever. Also given the considerable culture that surrounds riding a fixed gear
and the long history of brakeless riding the choice wasn't made in a vacuum. There is no
one alive today who sprang fully formed from Zeus's forehead with a brakeless bike
and said "I will ride this in traffic, behold I am the OG." So enjoy your choice and stop
worrying already.
(and again...it's not my choice, I have a brake because I'm not skilled/confident enough to take it off and I like it for emergencies...I just don't begrudge good riders that don't use one)
08-25-08, 05:58 PM
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has anybody invented an inflateable seat for a track bike used on the street with mismatched tires? um,
well, I gotta go..........................................
well, I gotta go..........................................
08-26-08, 07:45 AM
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08-27-08, 11:45 AM
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08-27-08, 12:42 PM
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Congrats on a thread well done. I have literally shouted at my computer, and smashed my keyboard whilst reading. My boss thought that I was just working really hard and gave me a promotion and a raise. Thanks BF!
08-27-08, 08:36 PM
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anyone can ride brakeless you're not special!
go live in an area with something more than 8% grades.
go live in an area with something more than 8% grades.
08-28-08, 12:42 AM
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I'm a physics teacher by the way....seriously (though I usually specialize in biology). So what did I say that was so wrong? Are you going to tell me that the only cyclists that get hit by cars and killed are fixed gear riders without brakes? Did I say that skidding has a shorter stopping distance than using a brake? No I absolutely did not and I don't recall anyone else saying that.
IMO that's milquetoast kumbaya nonsense. Respect is something earned, not given to people that do dumb things. I know guys that ride brakeless, the self-aware ones laugh and say 'yeah I know it's stupid and dangerous but I like it' and I just shrug. I don't respect them for it.
I don't say anything unless asked, because a) that's rude, and b) I know they're young, dumb and need to learn their own lessons. If someone posts about it on a message board, though, they've broached the conversation and can take it.
My lesson was with helmets... forgot mine, went on the ride anyway, crashed, got multiple skull fractures and nearly paralyzed. Does that mean I 'respect' people who 'express' their 'own unique interpretation' of 'who they are' by not wearing a helmet? No, they're being stupid.
08-28-08, 11:09 AM
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But why would you need special hubs to achieve the non-matched thing? As far as I know, QR and non-QR axles are interchangeable. Maybe it's different with new-fangled stuff, but at least with 80's axles the hub doesn't care what kind of axle you are using, as long as its dimensions are right.
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why is the Cinelli--- made in taiwan---- not to offend butt---- why is the Cinelli new track bike made in asia?
I can't bre--ath---- ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........................
I can't bre--ath---- ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........................
08-28-08, 12:44 PM
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lol.
because Italian workers require long lunches, longer vacations, lots benefits
and other indulgences of western decadence. Taiwanese workers will
slave away doing high quality work for nuthin and like it.
you knew that.
because Italian workers require long lunches, longer vacations, lots benefits
and other indulgences of western decadence. Taiwanese workers will
slave away doing high quality work for nuthin and like it.
you knew that.
08-28-08, 12:50 PM
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I love the new cinelli--- that black track machina or something--- what the f--- I just cant get over the outsourcing idea--- oh, oh it hurts ---- vintage bikes have just gone up in price............
08-28-08, 06:48 PM
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My roommate just got a new Surly Steamroller and after tooling around on a 48x19 w/ front brake, I think I'm putting a front brake back on one of my bikes. I ride WAY faster on my bike than I thought and it was SO nice to just slow down with 2 fingers strength LOL... I'm a sissy.
08-28-08, 07:19 PM
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My roommate just got a new Surly Steamroller and after tooling around on a 48x19 w/ front brake, I think I'm putting a front brake back on one of my bikes. I ride WAY faster on my bike than I thought and it was SO nice to just slow down with 2 fingers strength LOL... I'm a sissy.
as long as you have the discipline not to be lazy, theres no excuse to ride brakeless.
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My roommate just got a new Surly Steamroller and after tooling around on a 48x19 w/ front brake, I think I'm putting a front brake back on one of my bikes. I ride WAY faster on my bike than I thought and it was SO nice to just slow down with 2 fingers strength LOL... I'm a sissy.