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Old 06-26-09 | 06:10 PM
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What is tarck

I see this thrown around a lot and am unclear as to what the definition of tarck is. And can someone supply pictures of a tarck bike to help me better spot one in the future.

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Old 06-26-09 | 06:31 PM
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Old 06-26-09 | 06:36 PM
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hahaha...not a secret but a Xecret. it's just a misspelling of "track". nothing major...just usual internet behavior.
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Old 06-26-09 | 06:44 PM
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https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tarck
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Old 06-26-09 | 08:10 PM
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its like another word for fixie. a tarck bike is just a track bike tricked out for the streets aka a fixie.
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Old 06-26-09 | 08:17 PM
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https://images.google.com/images?q=tarck
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Old 06-26-09 | 08:50 PM
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tarck is just a misspelling of the word track. People around here tend to make a lot of typos.
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Old 06-26-09 | 09:16 PM
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Tarck only exists because of Brian.
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Old 06-26-09 | 09:20 PM
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so who is this famous man who mispelled it and got made fun of? because it took off like it was cool! your now famous mr bad typer!
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Old 06-26-09 | 09:22 PM
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It was Brian.
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Old 06-26-09 | 09:31 PM
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like word the mispelled to teh. owned to pwned...
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Old 06-26-09 | 10:50 PM
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Huh. I thought it was a website. www.tarckbike.com
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Old 06-26-09 | 11:56 PM
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This subculture has a strong focus on color-coordination and fixed-gear specific tricks such as skidding or doing a whirly-bird.
is a whirlybird a barspinz or the one where they go backwards and then into a wheelie

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Old 06-27-09 | 12:02 AM
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Huh. I thought it was a website. www.tarckbike.com
I remember when you couldn't post that here. The good old days when stuff was edited out of spite. Like dutret's name, for instance
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Old 06-27-09 | 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by crushkilldstroy
I remember when you couldn't post that here. The good old days when stuff was edited out of spite. Like dutret's name, for instance

duret!
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Old 06-27-09 | 01:35 AM
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Old 06-27-09 | 01:35 AM
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What the hell's a "whirly-bird"?
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Old 06-27-09 | 02:43 AM
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Old 06-27-09 | 10:48 AM
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Old 06-27-09 | 11:06 AM
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if I'm not mistaken, ch0mb0 coined that term on this here forum.
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if "real messengers" aren't carrying packages, they fill their bags with bricks. Hardcore.
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Old 06-27-09 | 11:30 AM
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Tarck is about being friends.
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Old 06-27-09 | 11:52 AM
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Old 06-27-09 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by no_xqcs
That's the very definition of tarck to me.

But then you can have bikes that are "tarck as ****" that are a little less candied, and a little more 'badass.' Like some of those gorilla bikes with the insane saddle to bar drop, or too much NJS stuff.
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Old 06-27-09 | 01:01 PM
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