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Old 08-27-12 | 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Crandrew
Recently its the bug skateboards that serve no functional purpose at all.
Do you mean big? as in longboards?

And I'm hoping that it will make for a bigger scene here on campus, because that means more bikes/parts available to me when people realize that they don't actually know how to ride their bikes.
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Old 08-27-12 | 09:21 PM
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And I'm hoping that it will make for a bigger scene here on campus, because that means more bikes/parts available to me when people realize that they don't actually know how to ride their bikes
but it will be Kmart crap!
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Old 08-28-12 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Street rider
Do you mean big? as in longboards?

And I'm hoping that it will make for a bigger scene here on campus, because that means more bikes/parts available to me when people realize that they don't actually know how to ride their bikes.

nope, see it hasn't gotten to you yet I mean every single elementary,junior high and some high school kids are cruising around on these for the last year.





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but it will be Kmart crap!
Not true. You never had rich friends who needed to/or could have the newest and best of everything?
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Old 08-28-12 | 09:49 AM
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I enjoyed the film, but didn't have high expectations other than it would be fun & have some bike action. The flashback motif can be confusing, but they made it work. Visualizing the paths thru traffic was an interesting device to get into his head. I didn't get how the rival, a low-paid messenger could be riding a Parlee & driving an expensive truck. The bike cop was good comedic relief. The MTB scene was great stunt work. The "no brakes" mantra is a bad message for a general audience.
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Old 08-28-12 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Velognome
but it will be Kmart crap!
Theres a lot of rich-ass mother****ers on this campus who have mommy and daddy buy them everything. So theres a chance that I'll be able to score some good stuff at amazing prices.

Originally Posted by Crandrew
nope, see it hasn't gotten to you yet I mean every single elementary,junior high and some high school kids are cruising around on these for the last year.


Do not want. But I'm pretty sure that I've seen a few this week, what with all the freshmen moving in and in general making themselves look like a bunch of idiots.
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Old 08-28-12 | 06:33 PM
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yeah, no brakes makes it so 2008 weak.
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Old 08-28-12 | 07:13 PM
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Just the other day at my LBS while waiting for work to be finished I witnessed a middle age woman drop $1.2k on a langster & helmet & clipless set up with her husband saying "are you sure you can ride a fixed gear after being off a bike for 20 years?".
Her grin on her face was ear to ear through.
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Old 08-28-12 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Leukybear
Just the other day at my LBS while waiting for work to be finished I witnessed a middle age woman drop $1.2k on a langster & helmet & clipless set up with her husband saying "are you sure you can ride a fixed gear after being off a bike for 20 years?".
Her grin on her face was ear to ear through.
Good on her.
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Old 08-28-12 | 09:49 PM
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if anyone was thinking about selling their bike, now's probably the time. offer to take off the brake for an extra $50.
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Old 08-28-12 | 09:55 PM
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if anyone was thinking about selling their bike, now's probably the time. offer to take off the brake for an extra $50.
Okay I'll buy yours for a PBR and a pack of american spirit dealsies?

Obviously the opportunist on two wheels knows the best time is when the fad from the movie dies. Just saying but there's going to be halfwits wanting the wheels the guy in the movie was rocking and they just happen to be phils.
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Old 08-28-12 | 09:57 PM
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Okay I'll buy yours for a PBR and a pack of american spirit dealsies?
mine toooo. brakes are death
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Old 08-28-12 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Leukybear
Okay I'll buy yours for a PBR and a pack of american spirit dealsies?
make it a tallboy and throw in a copy of the new beach house record?
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Old 08-28-12 | 10:22 PM
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make it a tallboy and throw in a copy of the new beach house record?
I hear AnCo has a new record on Sept. 4. vinyl please.
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Old 08-29-12 | 09:55 PM
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Just saw it. Not terrible. Not great. There were literally a dozen other people in the theater, two of whom were carrying Chrome bags and helmets. They sat right in front of my wife and I and they noticed that we laughed at the same stupid **** that only bike people would get (FW noise while riding fixed, for example). Ended up chatting about bikes for a bit. It was cool. I snuck in a few bottles of Lakeshore Brewing's Fixed Gear beer to compliment the movie, and they got a kick out of it.
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Old 08-29-12 | 10:39 PM
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Masterful piece of cinema.

A+ 100% will watch again.
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Old 08-30-12 | 09:44 AM
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I saw this last Saturday and and enjoyed it. I went into it expecting "Fast and Furious" but on bikes and that is exactly what it was. Like I said myself, my four friends, and the other 10 people in the audience seemed to like it.

I just hope it doesn't give a bad name to fixed gear riders or make people think they can do things that they can't.

Since watching the movie I have been waiting for someone to as me "hey is that a bike like the one JGL rides?!?!"

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Old 08-30-12 | 07:03 PM
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I just hope it doesn't give a bad name to fixed gear riders or make people think they can do things that they can't.
Too late.
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Old 08-30-12 | 08:53 PM
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I wish somethng would happen that kills the word "fixie" as it is now apparently synonymous among high school and JR highers for any road bike.
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Old 08-31-12 | 01:06 PM
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Old 08-31-12 | 02:15 PM
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Saw it last night. It was a fun movie. It kind of reminded me of dance movies in the way that the plot is fairly simple and unoriginal ( which I wish wasn't the case), but I still enjoyed it. I was one of six people in the theater. Maybe one looked like he knew which end of a bicycle was the front.
 
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Old 09-01-12 | 01:05 AM
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Just saw it. Entertaining yet nothing to get pumped up about. Wasn't cheesy or poorly done. Nonetheless I sold a scrap bike on CL in 20 min, thanks Premium Rush.
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Old 09-01-12 | 09:07 AM
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I saw it last Saturday and it was exactly what I expected it to be. No more, no less. I LOLed at the phone scene in the end where all the dispatchers were summoning the messenger army.
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Old 09-01-12 | 10:16 AM
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The thing I liked about that part is that they were all actual messengers/dispatchers.
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Old 09-01-12 | 10:24 AM
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I LOLed at the phone scene in the end where all the dispatchers were summoning the messenger army.
Reminded me of Gleaming the Cube where Yabbo calls up the skate cavalry.
 
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Old 09-01-12 | 01:58 PM
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Bikes: looks like a specialized crux now

i guess expect a bunch of new faces soon.

that being said, i just sold a bike that was collecting dust
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