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finally, the start date of the track bike trend revealed

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Old 05-11-06, 01:35 PM
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finally, the start date of the track bike trend revealed

https://www.google.com/trends?q=TRACK+BIKES
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and it looks like it may have peaked too. yay!
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That's an abrupt start!

And a pretty awesome tool!
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Holy Crap!! Google Trens is freaking amazing.
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Fixed Gear is on the rise: https://www.google.com/trends?q=Fixed...te=all&geo=all
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Even more interesting
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"FIXED GEAR" yields slightly different info... curious!
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Triple trouble, y'all.
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The real beauty of google trends is combining things for comparision...

example... fixed gear V. track bikes
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I like the city list. If you search fixed gear you notice a seasonal swing, too. kinda neat. (and odly pleasanton is #1 for cities. wtf?)
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even more interesting

i jumped the sharks and all your other ******** sayings months ago, and for 25 bucks!
edit: there is also a difference between track bike and track bikes
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did it start at around the same time google started monitoring trends? imagine that!!!!
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i'm gonna google trends search google trends

goodbye intarnetz!

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Fried fish and track bikes. More fried fish in Houston and Dallas than track bikes. About equal in L.A.

What a research tool.
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Originally Posted by Tmax1
Fried fish and track bikes. More fried fish in Houston and Dallas than track bikes. About equal in L.A.

What a research tool.

Ha ha ha! Thats the first thing I did too, random comparison searches!
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Holy Smokes
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interesting. looks like the tutu trend started about the same time.
https://www.google.com/trends?q=tutus...te=all&geo=all

I wonder why that is.
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Originally Posted by mattface
interesting. looks like the tutu trend started about the same time.
https://www.google.com/trends?q=tutus...te=all&geo=all

I wonder why that is.
The abrupt start is because thats when the data set begins.
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Old 05-11-06, 01:57 PM
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we can rest comfortably, track bikes and fixed gears have no trend when compared to beer and cheese.

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https://www.google.com/trends?q=track...te=all&geo=all
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Aww yeah. Seattle is #5 with a bullet.
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https://www.google.com/trends?q=lesbi...te=all&geo=all

still has nothing on lesbians.
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Old 05-11-06, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by mrRed
yes but they still beat out english muffins
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Hahahaha!

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