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Geared fixie. Crazy?

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Old 02-28-13 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by hairnet
A cigarette and blue/white/red wool jersey
I can see why this guy has a purple star, there is no better answer
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Old 02-28-13 | 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by rex615
"there is nothing quite like a freshly shorn scrotum"
And there is nothing worse than a freshly shorn scrotum, a week or so later,,,,BD


I thought the only requirement for French bikes was that you don't shave, well....anything?
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Old 03-01-13 | 11:17 AM
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Old 03-01-13 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Bikedued
And there is nothing worse than a freshly shorn scrotum, a week or so later,,,,BD


I thought the only requirement for French bikes was that you don't shave, well....anything?
That's for the women.
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Old 03-01-13 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Bikedued
I thought the only requirement for French bikes was that you don't shave, well....anything?
I thought that was only for the female cyclists. (except Jeannie Longo and Barbie Buatiois, of course)
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Old 03-01-13 | 12:33 PM
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Six jours beat me to it.
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Old 03-01-13 | 12:35 PM
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Yeah, someone serves up a big fat pitch like that, it's a race to see who gets to it first.
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Old 03-01-13 | 01:13 PM
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You guys forgot abut the mandatory baguette
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Old 03-01-13 | 02:45 PM
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You guys forgot abut the mandatory baguette
You have to win the race for that privilege. perhaps the vino in the water bottle.
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Old 03-01-13 | 07:27 PM
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Old 03-01-13 | 09:06 PM
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And the thread gets terminated with extreme prejudice.

Sometimes I like you people just fine.
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Old 03-06-13 | 08:25 PM
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Noting on the Sram Website they applied the old Sachs Torpedo name to a hub
that will with several screwdriver turns , be fixed or freewheel.

+ it uses common 3 spline sturmey archer 3 speed type cogs .

A quick swap once you get the knack of the Snap-ring holding it on.

not 3 speed , but useful
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Old 03-06-13 | 08:45 PM
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I've put a couple thousand kms on one of those Sram Torpedos. My Raleigh One Way came with one. It has quite a bit of backlash when in fixed mode, which can't really be adjusted out. And quite a bit of drag in freewheel mode. So pick your poison.
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