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11-02-11, 09:17 PM
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11-02-11, 09:39 PM
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As soon as he decides to become a public person and publish a blog and "approve" things, he opens himself up for criticism...good and bad.
Those who live by the TARCK sword, die by the TARCK sword.
Prolly's product is attitude. His gung-ho "fixie or die" and "fixed gear freestyle fo lyfe" sort of attitude attracted lots of bike newbie follower types who think that "fixies are cool and I'm gonna follow the lead fixie guy...".
He was pro small companies and anti corporations, anti carbon...the anti hero...till Levis, Parlee, and Toyota waved a few bucks in front of him. "It's not selling out...it's a collabo!"
I didn't care either way, but it was funny to see how he changed his tune a bit. To me, he's less of a person and more of a persona...but that's how he's made himself.
11-02-11, 09:53 PM
#3855
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I've met him. He's riding my old bike in the photo above. Your point?
As soon as he decides to become a public person and publish a blog and "approve" things, he opens himself up for criticism...good and bad.
Those who live by the TARCK sword, die by the TARCK sword.
Prolly's product is attitude. His gung-ho "fixie or die" and "fixed gear freestyle fo lyfe" sort of attitude attracted lots of bike newbie follower types who think that "fixies are cool and I'm gonna follow the lead fixie guy...".
He was pro small companies and anti corporations, anti carbon...the anti hero...till Levis, Parlee, and Toyota waved a few bucks in front of him. "It's not selling out...it's a collabo!"
I didn't care either way, but it was funny to see how he changed his tune a bit. To me, he's less of a person and more of a persona...but that's how he's made himself.
As soon as he decides to become a public person and publish a blog and "approve" things, he opens himself up for criticism...good and bad.
Those who live by the TARCK sword, die by the TARCK sword.
Prolly's product is attitude. His gung-ho "fixie or die" and "fixed gear freestyle fo lyfe" sort of attitude attracted lots of bike newbie follower types who think that "fixies are cool and I'm gonna follow the lead fixie guy...".
He was pro small companies and anti corporations, anti carbon...the anti hero...till Levis, Parlee, and Toyota waved a few bucks in front of him. "It's not selling out...it's a collabo!"
I didn't care either way, but it was funny to see how he changed his tune a bit. To me, he's less of a person and more of a persona...but that's how he's made himself.
11-03-11, 06:02 PM
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Don't really have a bike.
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I would agree with that. His interwebz persona comes off very crass and lame often but he is a nice guy in real life. I met him outside mellow johnnys in Austin one day before I left for my tour. Chill guy. Back to the bikes though.
11-03-11, 06:45 PM
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I like to read his blog, I won't live. I usually skip past the fgfs stuff, but from time to time, he posts some interesting stuff. And some of the stuff belongs in the bike pr0n.
Tracko is the same way, but I think they post more interesting things more often.
In the end, who cares what someone else says? You'll have to try it for yourself to really know (at least in terms of bike stuff)
Tracko is the same way, but I think they post more interesting things more often.
In the end, who cares what someone else says? You'll have to try it for yourself to really know (at least in terms of bike stuff)
11-04-11, 05:50 AM
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1957
1950
1942 Fausto Coppi's track bike
1903
1899
1924 note the flip-flop hub. Not uncommon for TdF bikes to have two cogs on each side of the hub; rider manually moving the chain and resetting the rear wheel.
1923 The gearing may look low by today's standards but these guys were racing on cobblestones, chipseal and dirt; sometimes the "road" was more of a goat trail. Also common were foot pegs on the fork so the rider could "coast" downhill.
11-04-11, 06:06 AM
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When bicycles became cheap enough for everyone to have one, cycling was no longer the sport of the wealthy. The factory workers could now ride about in the countryside and get around just as fast as the upperclass. The upper crusties got fed up with all the riff-raff clogging up "their" village roads with their vintage Critical Mass rides so they got massed start racing outlawed in Britain. The clever racers resorted to time trial racing instead. While derailleurs were big in France, SA hubs and fixed gears were the thing in Britain.
early "slingshot" bike. Note the one piece stem-bars and the reverse levers.
Fixed gear tandem time trialing
Huge gear ratio track racing
1936 Berlin Olympics
early "slingshot" bike. Note the one piece stem-bars and the reverse levers.
Fixed gear tandem time trialing
Huge gear ratio track racing
1936 Berlin Olympics
11-04-11, 06:27 AM
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Yes, the downtube does say Dick Power.
Baines "Flying Gate" Many racers had but one bike so having fenders was common. They took them off to race, then put them back on for the ride home.
Another British time trial bike
"Bacon slicer" hubs
11-04-11, 06:41 AM
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Check out the hubs on this 1939? Schwinn Paramount
1954
1985
1954
1985
11-04-11, 09:41 AM
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ahh those vintage british hipsters
11-05-11, 03:19 AM
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I wish I had that 7/11 frame. I had a knock-off, love that scheme, despite hating the color red.
11-05-11, 12:02 PM
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yeah man. huffy *****ar
11-05-11, 12:13 PM
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11-05-11, 03:22 PM
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This belongs in the jackass thread.
It's another Japanese race-spec bike (with tubulars) that will never see a velodrome. It's a waste of money and equipment.
https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/cervelo-t1-japan-3584
