anyone here included in this article? (philly)
09-09-04 | 08:01 PM
#26
Philly bike nerd
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From: Center City Philadelphia
Bikes: 2003 Fuji Track Bike,Pink Univega, Mixed part BMX, Early 70's Columbia Tandem, Orange and Cream Fixed gear Pursuit bike (Puig), random bikes made from spare parts
Originally Posted by marked001
what happened to my shirt?? 
I'm sooooo not ready for this ride.. haha..
I cant believe how many fixed gear riders there are gonig to be this year.. last year, I was the only one I saw..
I'm sooooo not ready for this ride.. haha..
I cant believe how many fixed gear riders there are gonig to be this year.. last year, I was the only one I saw..
d'oh! I have not made any shirts, I did come up with the design and print it up, but then I had to pack up my apartment for my move this weekend (I am moving up by 23rd and South) so I need to get my sh1t back together. Anyway, maybe I will just go the "sharpie marker and white tshirt route.... what size shirt you wear?
09-09-04 | 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by cicadashell
try looking at it from the point of view of a reporter who doesn't really know much about bikes. she's looking at the rear wheel and only seeing one gear. so it has one gear. sometimes people use the word "gear" to mean "speed", as in "hey how many gears you got on that bike there"..."i got five gears there hey how many you got". so these bikes here you see they only got one gear, eh.
reporters don't usually know anything about a particular topic until they're assigned to write about it, then they learn as much as they can in 36 hours, write something, and move on. from that perspective, i think the article was pretty good.
reporters don't usually know anything about a particular topic until they're assigned to write about it, then they learn as much as they can in 36 hours, write something, and move on. from that perspective, i think the article was pretty good.
09-10-04 | 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by nocoins
d'oh! I have not made any shirts, I did come up with the design and print it up, but then I had to pack up my apartment for my move this weekend (I am moving up by 23rd and South) so I need to get my sh1t back together. Anyway, maybe I will just go the "sharpie marker and white tshirt route.... what size shirt you wear?
09-10-04 | 09:14 AM
#29
Originally Posted by marked001
I'm sooooo not ready for this ride.. haha..
Got any tips for an ms150 newb? What should I bring? Should I rig up a water bottle cage?
(sorry about the thread hijacking..)
09-10-04 | 10:12 AM
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ahh..nice, I didnt realize you decided to do it 
you should def. figure out a water bottle cage..maybe a seat mount or something? there's stops every like 15 miles to fill up.... my only tip is to find a nice pack of roadies moving at a decent pace and jump on the back and pull haha...
we'll have to setup a meeting time in the am.. I'd like to get an early start.. took us like 6 hours last year.
you should def. figure out a water bottle cage..maybe a seat mount or something? there's stops every like 15 miles to fill up.... my only tip is to find a nice pack of roadies moving at a decent pace and jump on the back and pull haha... we'll have to setup a meeting time in the am.. I'd like to get an early start.. took us like 6 hours last year.
09-10-04 | 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by skeleteeth
john hughes dispatches at my co.
i think it's pretty mainstream now. when i first rode in boston in 98 my roomate said when he started couriering (1990) there where maybe 2 or 3 people riding fixed, everyone rode mtbs. point...everyone rode fixed when i started riding downtown.
maybe (mainstream) moreso in boston area than down here.
i think it's pretty mainstream now. when i first rode in boston in 98 my roomate said when he started couriering (1990) there where maybe 2 or 3 people riding fixed, everyone rode mtbs. point...everyone rode fixed when i started riding downtown.
maybe (mainstream) moreso in boston area than down here.
