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Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
11-05-09, 10:09 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 5,023
Posted By Gurgus

Also, this.

Also, this.
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
11-05-09, 09:17 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 5,023
Posted By Gurgus

I watch TV for a living. Sounds awesome, right? ...

I watch TV for a living. Sounds awesome, right? It's not...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
07-02-09, 05:57 PM
Replies: 327
Views: 31,286
Posted By Gurgus

Ok, just saw this one....fantastic.:thumb:

Ok, just saw this one....fantastic.:thumb:
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
07-02-09, 05:50 PM
Replies: 327
Views: 31,286
Posted By Gurgus

Goddam these bikes are sick, Dookie! Good Jorb.

Goddam these bikes are sick, Dookie! Good Jorb.
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
06-29-09, 03:51 AM
Replies: 327
Views: 31,286
Posted By Gurgus

Some nice bikes in this thread.

Some nice bikes in this thread.
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
06-27-09, 05:59 PM
Replies: 327
Views: 31,286
Posted By Gurgus

Mine, bought last month for $40 at a yard sale. ...

Mine, bought last month for $40 at a yard sale.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3615/3628500247_c353a2cf95_b.jpg

Not gonna covert it, either. I've already got two fixed gears.

Also, one of...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
06-18-09, 07:16 AM
Replies: 108
Views: 16,279
Posted By Gurgus

Man, when I was a kid we learned to ride on a...

Man, when I was a kid we learned to ride on a fixed gear. It had solid rubber tires and we called it the "schkreepa bike" because that was the noise it made when you rode it....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-15-09, 09:15 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 609
Posted By Gurgus

Yeah, I was driving my Bro's pickup with a load...

Yeah, I was driving my Bro's pickup with a load to the dump and the bike caught my eye. I'd been looking for a road bike for a while. They were asking $60.00 OBO. I offered 40 and they bit. I'm a...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-15-09, 09:05 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 609
Posted By Gurgus

New (to me) Peugeot

Found this fella at a yard sale last week;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3615/3628500247_c353a2cf95_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3628443719_86db593750.jpg
...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
06-13-09, 06:25 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 614
Posted By Gurgus

Maybe a stiff link in the chain? I've got an 07...

Maybe a stiff link in the chain? I've got an 07 Paddy. Good bikes, I really like mine.
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
04-07-09, 10:58 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,770
Posted By Gurgus

It was sitting around, not doing nothing. I...

It was sitting around, not doing nothing. I needed a beater and trust me, that frame is beat. It rides very well considering its put together out of crap I had laying around.
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
04-07-09, 09:05 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,770
Posted By Gurgus

This is my sketchy fixed gear. My winter/lock-up...

This is my sketchy fixed gear. My winter/lock-up bike. Rotafixed with red lock tite and a BB lockring.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2331/1599564973_c2aeaa6cc8.jpg

It actually looks good in...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
02-25-09, 05:37 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 978
Posted By Gurgus

If there is locktite on the cog and lockring, you...

If there is locktite on the cog and lockring, you won't have to tighten it. My beater has a suicide hub done this way. I used red locktite. I don't think I could get the lockring and cog off if I...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
02-25-09, 02:08 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,621
Posted By Gurgus

Why can't they both be? In my experience they...

Why can't they both be? In my experience they both are.
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
02-25-09, 07:22 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,621
Posted By Gurgus

Wonder what my wife would say if i called her a...

Wonder what my wife would say if i called her a friction generator.
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
02-25-09, 07:20 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 2,788
Posted By Gurgus

Cool Dad!

Cool Dad!
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
02-25-09, 07:13 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 657
Posted By Gurgus

Yeah, I passed on this bike. Gonna wait on...

Yeah, I passed on this bike. Gonna wait on something a little more my size (I'm six foot).
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
02-21-09, 11:24 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 657
Posted By Gurgus

Yeah, problem is, I'm in a bidding war with...

Yeah, problem is, I'm in a bidding war with someone else on the bike. The price started out at 200, now I'm gonna have to go to 250. I might just have to let it go.
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
02-21-09, 09:32 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 657
Posted By Gurgus

So, $250.00 Cdn a good price? Guy says it's in...

So, $250.00 Cdn a good price? Guy says it's in mint conditon.
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
02-21-09, 09:20 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 657
Posted By Gurgus

What can you folks tell me about this Benotto?

http://images.craigslist.org/3k23o43p0ZZZZZZZZZ92j6b0d7b1269a61546.jpg

http://images.craigslist.org/3n43ma3l7ZZZZZZZZZ92j0622e7bdb24b167a.jpg
...
Forum: Commuting
12-22-08, 06:45 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 4,031
Posted By Gurgus

I gotta agree with this! I live in Hamilton, and...

I gotta agree with this! I live in Hamilton, and this is where all my incidents have occured.

We got alot of skids in this town.
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
12-16-08, 07:51 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 4,354
Posted By Gurgus

I ride fixed gear bikes for the same reason that...

I ride fixed gear bikes for the same reason that I love driving stick shift and riding a motorcycle. It's ALOT of fun. I have much more control, its like third gear(in a car) all the time, more...
Forum: Commuting
12-16-08, 07:21 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 4,031
Posted By Gurgus

I just wanted to add something to this thread...

I just wanted to add something to this thread that I forgot to earlier. After all the road rage incidents that I'd been involved in, the thought occured to me that the only common element in all...
Forum: Commuting
12-14-08, 06:43 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 4,031
Posted By Gurgus

I used to, but not anymore. I had a roid raging,...

I used to, but not anymore. I had a roid raging, small man syndrome freak tell me he was going to kill me. He was as wide across the shoulders as he was tall. He said it in a calm, cool manner...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
11-22-08, 01:59 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 4,050
Posted By Gurgus

Ask and ye shall recieve. ...

Ask and ye shall recieve.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2brDsO-PBU

Doing drops on Spinergies? Thats just crazy, man.

As to the whole cop thing, when my garage got broken into in the...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
11-17-08, 04:19 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 2,999
Posted By Gurgus

A bike without scratches or dings is a bike that...

A bike without scratches or dings is a bike that doesn't get ridden (much). A bike that doesn't get ridden is not a happy bike. All my bike have dings and scratches.
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
11-02-08, 10:15 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 941
Posted By Gurgus

I pull my sons ( 3 and 5 ) in the trailer behind...

I pull my sons ( 3 and 5 ) in the trailer behind my fixed gear bikes all the time. They love it and I get a great workout. Together, they weigh about 70 pounds and the trailer and all their...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
11-02-08, 06:44 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,110
Posted By Gurgus

Where are you commuting from? I work in T.O, but...

Where are you commuting from? I work in T.O, but live in "The Hammer". I'd love to commute on my PaddyWagon, but 66kms one way and a twelve hour shift....somehow I just don't see it happenin'.
...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
10-23-08, 02:47 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 3,933
Posted By Gurgus

I was chased by a dude in an Explorer after I...

I was chased by a dude in an Explorer after I yelled at him as he jumped in front of me to pull a right hook. Dude went well out of his way to find me and scream at me in the middle of a rainstorm....
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
10-23-08, 05:54 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 3,933
Posted By Gurgus

Man, I've had stuff thrown at me, been hit by...

Man, I've had stuff thrown at me, been hit by said stuff and had a death threat uttered at me while out on my bicycles. I used to get all upitty and hostile in everyone's stupid, vapid little road...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
10-02-08, 04:41 AM
Replies: 136
Views: 14,709
Posted By Gurgus

This bike is the tits. Nice bikes everyone.

This bike is the tits. Nice bikes everyone.
Forum: Mountain Biking
10-01-08, 01:02 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 564
Posted By Gurgus

Couple years ago, I had vine catch me across the...

Couple years ago, I had vine catch me across the throat and pull me off my bike.
I got home after that ride and my wife goes "Hey! Who gave you the hickey?"

-edit-

Avoid vines.
Forum: Alt Bike Culture
09-25-08, 05:53 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,921
Posted By Gurgus

Maybe with JB weld, but not red loctite. My...

Maybe with JB weld, but not red loctite. My beater fixed has a "Suicide" hub put together with red loctite and a BB lockring and I trust it for skidding and skipping more than the Formula hub on my...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-22-08, 09:41 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,212
Posted By Gurgus

Thats what she said...

Thats what she said...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-19-08, 05:57 AM
Replies: 136
Views: 14,709
Posted By Gurgus

My singlespeed; ...

My singlespeed;

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2392/1599639755_646847aec5_b.jpg

Single speed, front brake only.
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-15-08, 09:17 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 2,537
Posted By Gurgus

Too true...I eat meat and ride a B-17 Special(in...

Too true...I eat meat and ride a B-17 Special(in green). Thanks for the laugh.
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-15-08, 07:41 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 2,537
Posted By Gurgus

In before SpOOki on a Brooks thread! Sweet!

In before SpOOki on a Brooks thread! Sweet!
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-12-08, 03:09 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,310
Posted By Gurgus

Get ye one of these for your chain too short...

Get ye one of these for your chain too short issues.

http://www.sjscycles.com/store/6982halflink.jpg
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-11-08, 07:25 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,793
Posted By Gurgus

Colour me surprised.

Colour me surprised.
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-11-08, 06:22 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 3,529
Posted By Gurgus

Man, I hate the Zombie pedestrians. People need...

Man, I hate the Zombie pedestrians. People need to pay attention. That goes for the peds and the cyclists. I almost smoked a guy last year that stepped off the curb into my lane without...
Forum: Alt Bike Culture
09-11-08, 05:48 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,157
Posted By Gurgus

I liked fixed gears, I like tall bikes. I like...

I liked fixed gears, I like tall bikes. I like this fixed gear tall bike. Pretty flippin' sweet, if you ask me. I want one.
Forum: Mountain Biking
09-11-08, 02:18 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 685
Posted By Gurgus

Glad to see the bear was wearing a helmet.

Glad to see the bear was wearing a helmet.
Forum: Mountain Biking
09-08-08, 05:21 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 6,158
Posted By Gurgus

I had Hookworms on my last MTN bike that got...

I had Hookworms on my last MTN bike that got stolen. They are great tires, but they are kinda pricey. Putting these tires on lead me to getting into road bikes. I got addicted to the speed.
Forum: Alt Bike Culture
09-08-08, 02:45 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,514
Posted By Gurgus

Can I play? ...

Can I play?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2377/1599564983_0d199c3f2b_b.jpg
Forum: Alt Bike Culture
09-08-08, 02:39 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,697
Posted By Gurgus

This one was about a hundred bucks all in; ...

This one was about a hundred bucks all in;

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2392/1599639755_646847aec5.jpg

Would have been about twice that if I had to pay for the powdercoat. Most of the cost...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-07-08, 06:09 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,470
Posted By Gurgus

Hey Op, did you use the stock stem with those...

Hey Op, did you use the stock stem with those bullhorns on your Paddy? Reason I'm asking, is I kinda wanna go back to bullhorns, but dont want to buy a new stem. The bars are OS and all the bulls...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-06-08, 10:56 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,470
Posted By Gurgus

Thanks man. I pulled the fenders off as they...

Thanks man. I pulled the fenders off as they never really fit right and clattered around quite a bit. I dont ride it in the rain anymore, the Brooks makes me scared of rain. I ride my ****ty...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-06-08, 08:21 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,470
Posted By Gurgus

I didn't mean to come off as an arsehole, guess...

I didn't mean to come off as an arsehole, guess it just comes natural with me. The internet is a poor medium for conveying emphasis.

Yes, those are the stock hoods and yes, they are massive. Its...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-06-08, 07:04 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,470
Posted By Gurgus

Hmm, No fender eyelets? Makes me wonder what I...

Hmm, No fender eyelets? Makes me wonder what I mounted my fenders to...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2383/1599564967_d57969f595.jpg
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-01-08, 06:00 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,839
Posted By Gurgus

So, Im the same age as Op (gonna turn 34...

So, Im the same age as Op (gonna turn 34 inNovember) and I've been riding fixed for about three years now. Op, try it, you'll love it. Here's my Paddy:
...
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