Fixie on TV :-)
03-03-15 | 04:35 PM
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Fixie on TV :-)
The latest Chase credit card commercial "For the fun" features a Fixed gear bike at 15 seconds.
Chase Freedom TV Commercial, 'For the Fun' - iSpot.tv
https://ispot.tv/a/7aTG Ride Safe,
Joe
Chase Freedom TV Commercial, 'For the Fun' - iSpot.tv
https://ispot.tv/a/7aTG Ride Safe,
Joe
03-03-15 | 05:53 PM
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03-03-15 | 07:03 PM
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03-03-15 | 10:23 PM
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03-04-15 | 09:17 AM
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03-04-15 | 10:01 AM
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03-04-15 | 07:09 PM
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You should also go **** yourself if you're going to carry on like a bratty child instead of understanding what I'm saying.
03-04-15 | 07:13 PM
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03-04-15 | 07:49 PM
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I believe that the term has entered the language recently, along with a generalized infantile diminution of nouns.
A generalized etymology source on "Fixie" has:
"fix·ie
ˈfiksē/
noun
noun: fixie; plural noun: fixies
A single-gear bicycle that has no freewheel, so that its wheels cannot move unless power is applied to the pedals.
Origin
early 21st century: from fixed-wheel bicycle or fixed-gear bicycle ."
Perhaps we moved in different circles (pun unintended) but it's interesting how the language evolves, with some unfortunate turns of usage at times.
-Bandera
03-04-15 | 07:52 PM
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03-04-15 | 08:56 PM
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Having been involved with riding fixed gear bicycles on the road since the Johnson administration, and having spent a fair good bit of time at/on the track since the early '70's I never heard a fixed-gear bicycle referred to by my coaches or teammates as a "Fixie" for the last few decades. Perhaps I missed it.
I believe that the term has entered the language recently, along with a generalized infantile diminution of nouns.
A generalized etymology source on "Fixie" has:
"fix·ie
ˈfiksē/
noun
noun: fixie; plural noun: fixies
A single-gear bicycle that has no freewheel, so that its wheels cannot move unless power is applied to the pedals.
Origin
early 21st century: from fixed-wheel bicycle or fixed-gear bicycle ."
Perhaps we moved in different circles (pun unintended) but it's interesting how the language evolves, with some unfortunate turns of usage at times.
-Bandera
I believe that the term has entered the language recently, along with a generalized infantile diminution of nouns.
A generalized etymology source on "Fixie" has:
"fix·ie
ˈfiksē/
noun
noun: fixie; plural noun: fixies
A single-gear bicycle that has no freewheel, so that its wheels cannot move unless power is applied to the pedals.
Origin
early 21st century: from fixed-wheel bicycle or fixed-gear bicycle ."
Perhaps we moved in different circles (pun unintended) but it's interesting how the language evolves, with some unfortunate turns of usage at times.
-Bandera
Ya know, I have no idea where the word came from. I just remember hearing it sometime in the early 2000s, and it was always one of the fair weather, wanna be messenger fanboys. Basically, people I hated. So it's annoyed me to this day. I guess it's kinda dumb, but everyone feels that way about SOMETHING I'm sure. Maybe not. I don't know.