HAHAHA LOL

Good God!

So I gather that an alley cat is a local urbanized unorganized race through traffic with beer?

Sounds like fun.

HOLY SH*T! I mean, oh my god...

Do we need to attach a big wing on the back of that rice rocket too?

i'm over it..........those thing are so funny looking........

marzio

Typically sommewhat organized, but not marked or anything. Several stops, which may or may not have an order. Often these are announced at the starting line so the racers have to think fast to find the best routes. Several of them have prizes (mess bags, etc). Some are annual, others just kind of happen...

I've yet to compete in one. There were several this summer out here, but I was riding my track bike and not quite foolish or brave enough to want to race with no brakes. My first one will be the Stuperbowl in February. I was talking to one of this year's organizers, and it sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun. Unfortunatly, not all of the stops will be bars this year, so if I want to try for the 'first to drink at every stop' prize, I'll have to carry some extra weight. Supposedly package delivery will be involved as well...

Lmfao....

Doom's bike in Portland.

My favorite part about the Turbospoke:

"On an episode of the TV show Braniac in the UK, a kid wanted to know if he was faster or slower with the turbospoke attached to his bike. So they set up a little circuit for him to pedal around with the thing on/off. Realisticly it should slow him down, but the result was that he went faster with the thing on, and what they figured is that it was psychological in speeding him up (with the "vrooom" and all)."

Now if only someone would make a spoiler then we could get into some serious modding.

spoke cards arent aero.

Actually... enough spoke cards and you'll have a disc wheel...

I wonder if that turbospoke will work well on a non-spoked wheel (carbon fiber quad-spoke).

I WANT TO BE PART OF THE CLUB, GUYS.

not before someone decides it's good to ride with a sponge wedged in your ass. :D

I think about 95% of the people who do that are just trying to be cool for the sake of being cool. And on a rolling course, I'm pretty sure 95% of fixie and single speed riders would have their ass handed to them under race conditions.

Now in the city, that's another story. I've raced messengers around town before and I can usually pass em on the straights or if I'm drafting around cars in traffic but when things get slow, I mean real slow, packed like a can of sardines, they usually leave my ass behind as they swerve between cars and pedestrians.

It's not arbitrary, it's just absurd. Spoke cards are part of the subculture because they stem from alleycats, which is decidedly non-roadie. Lycra is obviously the epitome of roadism, and thus, the diamteric opposite of the distinction necessary to be part of the subculture of fixed-gear.

A minority tribe needs to distinguish itself from the dominant cultural tribe, otherwise it won't have the subculture appeal.

i think it's legit to make spoke cards if you have a cycling crew. i was going to for the riders in williamsburg but i never got around to it. maybe when i have some free time...

get a grip man...tape is lame. I use staples or carpet tacks. jeez...

You let me know about that banana thing, though, ok? I'm in!

F'ing bananas are cool as hell, dude. Yeah!

I kind of like the plantains myself.
I think I may just put one of them in my spokes and just slap some cards on my face.

seriously: i'm allergic to bananas, so now you're not being sensitive to my dietary needs. i'm requesting that this thread now be moved to politics and religion. mods, where the f are you?!??!?

allergic or afraid?

allergic!!!



and afraid

Most fixed riders I know are off-season road bikers.

All this cool talk reminds me of high school. GO SPARTANS!!!

Be true to your school- rah rah sis boom bah

JUST RIDE




(I wonder if ninja turtles would fit in the spokes as I don''t have any GI Joe)

Actually there are several racers that are now or began as messengers who do the ass handing under standard race conditions. course they also do well in alleycats and larger messenger races too. I've been to 2 North American Championships where i found myself facing off against folks holding spots on the canadian national olympic team, and that's usually the situation in europe too. Usually in the sprint catagory you'll find top amatuer or pro riders from the track. (not in my elimination heats thankfully) There are a few cat 1 & 2 messengers in TO.

Thing is, they don't always win ;)

Hehe that's why I said 95% rather than 100%. ;)