If FG went mainstream . . .
09-24-09 | 12:09 AM
#126
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Over the course of the day yesterday I saw on THREE separate occasions someone carrying their fixie on their shoulder like in these ads you see. The first time I made the mistake of thinking he had some problem with his bike, so I asked: "Hey, you got everything you need?"
He gave me a confused look, so I gestured at his bike. "I have a patch kit and a pump, need anything?" He looked at me and turned back to a friend he was with and kept walking. I then realized he was just carrying it, it didn't look like he'd ridden it (yellow tires weren't dirty).
Now its ON and I'm going to heckle them every chance I get
He gave me a confused look, so I gestured at his bike. "I have a patch kit and a pump, need anything?" He looked at me and turned back to a friend he was with and kept walking. I then realized he was just carrying it, it didn't look like he'd ridden it (yellow tires weren't dirty).
Now its ON and I'm going to heckle them every chance I get
Then, I decided I would train to make it up the hill all the time, which I do now. Before that, I had only made it up the hill twice. It does not look that bad, but it becomes hard as soon as you start climbing it.
09-24-09 | 01:13 AM
#127
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So I subscribed to this thread in 2005, two years after getting my first fixed gear.
It's 2009 and I own two fixed gears now. Still riding the same bike, but with a basket, upright bars and a brake. I really couldn't care that more people ride them now. It means more people on bikes and that makes me happy.
It's 2009 and I own two fixed gears now. Still riding the same bike, but with a basket, upright bars and a brake. I really couldn't care that more people ride them now. It means more people on bikes and that makes me happy.
09-24-09 | 07:18 AM
#128
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Over the course of the day yesterday I saw on THREE separate occasions someone carrying their fixie on their shoulder like in these ads you see. The first time I made the mistake of thinking he had some problem with his bike, so I asked: "Hey, you got everything you need?"
He gave me a confused look, so I gestured at his bike. "I have a patch kit and a pump, need anything?" He looked at me and turned back to a friend he was with and kept walking. I then realized he was just carrying it, it didn't look like he'd ridden it (yellow tires weren't dirty).
Now its ON and I'm going to heckle them every chance I get
He gave me a confused look, so I gestured at his bike. "I have a patch kit and a pump, need anything?" He looked at me and turned back to a friend he was with and kept walking. I then realized he was just carrying it, it didn't look like he'd ridden it (yellow tires weren't dirty).
Now its ON and I'm going to heckle them every chance I get
BTW guys does anyone have a lead on what the next super kewl underground cycling trend is gonna be? I wanna get in on the ground level, when its fresh and RAW.
09-24-09 | 07:21 AM
#129
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I'm thinkin' maybe left side drive, or bikes with like FIVE brakes on them instead of none.
Oh man thats totally it...
I'm gonna build a bike with seat stay calipers, chainstay calipers, front fork, and discs on both. It'll be fixie of course.
nobody steal my idea
Oh man thats totally it...
I'm gonna build a bike with seat stay calipers, chainstay calipers, front fork, and discs on both. It'll be fixie of course.
nobody steal my idea
09-24-09 | 07:30 AM
#130
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Penny-farthing/high wheeler bikes, b/c they are more retro and vintage than fixed-gear.
Tall bikes, b/c you have to make them yourself. I can't imagine any large, mainstream bike companies ever getting in on the action, b/c they would completely be a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Unicycles, b/c they take a lot more skill to ride than two-wheeled FG bikes.
Last edited by Tinker Black; 09-24-09 at 08:04 AM.
09-24-09 | 07:38 AM
#131
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Oh man tall bikes, that is totally it. I need to learn how to weld...
09-24-09 | 08:31 AM
#133
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Oh man front racks, that's totally it.
What about... front trailers? Think of all the PBR.
What about... front trailers? Think of all the PBR.
09-24-09 | 09:25 AM
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Also, I think Strida folding bikes advertised here will be the next huge thing. "Why get a frame with two triangles when you only need one, brah?"
09-24-09 | 09:29 AM
#135
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09-24-09 | 09:33 AM
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Wouldn't it be cool if after all of the manufactures have shoved carbon fiber and plastic at us for a decade that the next raw trendy bikes would be steel and alloy, just saying, now that carbon crap is mainstream shouldn't any self respecting or self loathing hipster want recyclable steel?
09-24-09 | 09:37 AM
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Well then I am already way ahead of the curve because I own nothing but steel.
09-24-09 | 12:22 PM
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09-24-09 | 02:32 PM
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09-24-09 | 02:40 PM
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The fixie riders (harsh generalization coming) are some of the stupidest non-conformist conformists i.e take your brakes off or you're not cool (i know you all know these kind of people). I had a dude laugh at my brakes and freewheel, only to fall on his phacking ass 5 minutes later while we were riding. Now days when someone says stuff like that I say "wanna race?" the answer is always no.
I think fixie is a damn cool trend and SS, I hate gears and I don't think the advantages out weight the disadvantages. If it gets people riding then ride on. Not even that far back bicycles were uncool, I remember in highschool walking to school cause no one biked, it's like **** that lets ride.
next mission, getting the gf on a bike.
I think fixie is a damn cool trend and SS, I hate gears and I don't think the advantages out weight the disadvantages. If it gets people riding then ride on. Not even that far back bicycles were uncool, I remember in highschool walking to school cause no one biked, it's like **** that lets ride.
next mission, getting the gf on a bike.
09-24-09 | 03:10 PM
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I heard a rumor that one guy was riding them in late 2004 but that has never been confirmed and may just be an urban legend.
09-24-09 | 04:29 PM
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Rim-drive cranksets: Why? Why the **** not!
09-24-09 | 06:43 PM
#147
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Would you still be into it? I know many of us are drawn to FG because it is decidedly NOT mainstream. If one day every other bike on the road was fixed, would you be any less likely to ride one? Is it even possible that FG could go mainstream? (Define "mainstream" however you wish.)
BTW: FG bikes have been around far longer than many of us on this forum.
P.S. I look cool on all of my bikes.
09-24-09 | 08:06 PM
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[QUOTE=bones_mcbones;9737081Now days when someone says stuff like that I say "wanna race?" the answer is always no.
like **** that lets ride.
next mission, getting the gf on a bike.[/QUOTE]
if you challenged me to a race. I would accept even though your would probably smoke my ass.. just because you asked...
like **** that lets ride.
next mission, getting the gf on a bike.[/QUOTE]
if you challenged me to a race. I would accept even though your would probably smoke my ass.. just because you asked...
