I think I'd prefer a singlespeed with a mushy handbrake
02-07-05, 03:47 PM
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I think I'd prefer a singlespeed with a mushy handbrake
If I rode this, although I'd sure as hell try it fixed I wouldn't want to try the skids.
02-07-05, 03:52 PM
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This one looks steadier, and taller.
I can't tell if it's geared, too grainy, but prolly not, that junk at the base may be routing and such for brakes and chain
I can't tell if it's geared, too grainy, but prolly not, that junk at the base may be routing and such for brakes and chain
02-07-05, 03:54 PM
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thinking on it, I bet they're fixed. you'd want to be able to slow gently up to a second or third floor window hands free to dismount. At least I would, cant think of a better way.
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How does the steering work? U-joints?
02-07-05, 03:56 PM
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but I'm guessing a Real Man would trackstand by holding on to the chain as he descended the frame.
If I were a real man that's what I'd do
If I were a real man that's what I'd do
02-07-05, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by HelluvaStella
How does the steering work? U-joints?
02-07-05, 03:57 PM
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Tall bikes are cool and all, but I have no desire to ever ride one. Wiping out sucks enough from the height of one bike...
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02-07-05, 04:00 PM
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yah, hard to say which would be worse once you know you're falling, deciding between hanging on and going down with the arc of the saddle, dropping and going straight down or the sudden slimy feeling your pants
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would suck if your chain popped...
02-07-05, 08:05 PM
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The height of the bike is directly proportional to the number of bystanders who can hear the snap of your leg bones breaking when you fall.
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