Barbarians
05-24-12, 04:32 AM
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C, mon, we sit around 'bustin stones over the length of a front brake cable. I am pretty sure that guy doesn't swerve his van across the street when he sees a rim in a pile of rubble either.
Let's keep our perspective. They are barbarians though.
Let's keep our perspective. They are barbarians though.
05-24-12, 10:50 AM
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I am pretty sure that guy doesn't swerve his van
05-25-12, 07:19 AM
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If you are more appreciative of fashion, as are many of our roadscum brethren,
you realize that black has a slimming effect that looks better with the requisite
full lycra kit............you cannot be too thin or too rich, people.
you realize that black has a slimming effect that looks better with the requisite
full lycra kit............you cannot be too thin or too rich, people.
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05-25-12, 09:54 AM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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"I have never yet known a man admit that he was either rich or asleep: perhaps the poor man and the wakeful man have some great moral advantage."
- Stephen Maturin, in Master & Commander
- Stephen Maturin, in Master & Commander
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08-21-12, 06:15 PM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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I have to revive my own zombie thread for this. A new thread seen in the Fixie forum:
Best answer: Ride frontwards.
I'm at a loss for words.
Learning to ride backwards on my fixie. Whenever the pedal reaches the bottom of the rotation I fall to one side. Any tips?
I'm at a loss for words.
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08-21-12, 06:45 PM
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08-21-12, 07:22 PM
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I almost hit a kid on a fixie (freestyle fixie, like a BMX, but still a fixie) when he rode backwards out of a driveway onto the street. I called him a name.* He didn't appreciate that, and tried to catch up with me. That was pretty funny.
*moron
*moron
08-21-12, 08:45 PM
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I've been "chased" by morons a couple of times. It should be easy to outrun them in theory (because they're riding clapped-out mountain bikes with no brakes, or a BMX bike with fellow moron on the handlebars,) but it's hard to go all-out when you're laughing hysterically.
08-21-12, 09:17 PM
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The silver, it BURNS the skin it does!
08-22-12, 09:45 AM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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08-22-12, 10:03 AM
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Yeah, who wants to do something like that?
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