MrCjolsen

The Living Car Free forum is nice. But I think a lot of them are actually homeless.

Suttree

Dude--I agree. People in bfssfg are often weird. They revel in stomping on others.
One time when I was musing I tried to quantify the reason people are so weird.
I came up with this. The cachet of fg culture is theoretically limited--if cachet is what you are
after it is sort of inherently limited. So given that there is a finite amount of cachet to be milked out
this whole thing the only way to harvest a decent share is to try to drive others away or at least convince yourself that they are doing it wrong and thus aren't sharing in the spoils. Granted there are times when someone is obviously trying to tap in on the cred and then realizes they don't have all the cohones they thought they rolled in with. The flame war about six months ago over the fillet brazed Bridgestone and the need to get a drilled fork was a case in point.

C = N/x where c = individual share of cachet, N is a finite quantity of cachet for the whole
of fg riders, and x is the number of
fg riders. This is how some people think about it--which causes them to lash out
and treat other people as if they weren't part of the clique, thus reducing the variable x.

Boolsheet. People have been doing this since there were bikes with chains.

I'm thinking about building a porteur bike and riding fixed only on rollers to stay in shape.

kjohnnytarr

I don't know about homeless, but it's certainly a bunch of eccentric folks. Not saying that's a bad thing; it's my fave forum. I'm surprised more folks don't post there, since it's such a cultural/lifestyle oriented forum.

jotog

Well, kids, our forum rules! Our work here is done. And I, too, love absolutely everyone in this forum. This is my safe haven, even when we're raping.

ryansexton

Tattoo Art Chick - I would do you.

geoGraphicFTD

go to A&S. I wouldn't say they're mean, but damn do they have the longest most drawn out arguments. 10 paragraph posts about bike lanes versus "vehicular cycling." blahhhhh

no.cages

VeganRider

But what if you dont own a car and your bike is your only means of personal transportation?

wroomwroomoops

I was going to reply to this, but since this is the first time I am writing in a form in Firefox since the last shut-down, I now notice that the built-in spell checker finally WORKS!!!

Check my post: no misspellings, *****es!

gargiulo.mike

man i need to find a trust fund art school chick who wants to be a painter whos willing to exploit me. i'd be pretty happy.

wroomwroomoops

I guess that would apply to FG people only, right? We singlespeed guys (according to the logic you presented here) are expected to be mellow and loving, yes?

MrCjolsen

It's funny how every BF subforum has it's own eternal question.

SSFFG "Will I look like a poser if I have a Chrome messenger bag but ride an old Peugot with a suicide hub."

Roadie - "Where can I get a good wheelset for under $5000?"

Commuter "What's the best tailight system to use when it's -30F with 100mph winds?"

A & S - "In order to assert my rights as a vehicular cyclist, should I take the fast lane or one of the slower ones when I ride on the freeway? Also, I'd like to use a helmet cam to catch speeding drivers. Any recommendations?"

Living Car Free "I just got a new job hauling cement for a local contractor. What rack should I get?"

Bicycle Mechanics "I'm new to biking and I just have this question. The front wheel fell off of my Magna. The funny thing is the part of the fork is still stuck to it. What should I do. Any help would be appreciated."

Cyclocross "I want to get a Surly Crosscheck and use it for commuting. Is the the right place?"

Suttree

Well not necessarily. But the ss thing doesn't seem to have the chicanery of fg.

robcycle

Funny thought.

Any single speeders I have know (off road) were pretty laid back and chill. "We'll get there when we get there." That is not to say that they don't care about ripping up the next hill, but most know that they will not conquer all, so there is an inherent humility in single speeding.

That, or they're all stoned

-Rob.

wroomwroomoops

We singlespeed people are really sweet, I'm so proud.

c0urt

i'm here for sewing tips

diff_lock2

Perfect.

Also there is the electric bikes, and electronics sub forums.

Latley the alt bike forum too! Who dosen't know hotebike's fiberglass creations?

*new*guy

there are some great posters on this board. botto should post in here more often than he does.

MrCjolsen

Electronics, Lighting and Gadgets - Do you think an aircraft landing light over-volted by 10% would provide enough lumens and would a 3ahr lead acid battery be enough for it?

kyselad

This needs to be a welcome sticky on the main page.

cosmo starr

this is good....

mander

Props to MrCJolsen

J A Holman

lol it is true, cheap Chrome bags are truly the choice of posers everywhere, some don't even HAVE bikes, but they have a chrome bag

roadgator

you can be educated, professional, and still be ignorant.

raster

new sig oh yeah.