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How To Learn To Ride A Bike:
tough love, training wheels or no pedals? Discuss
henry
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:55 am
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Really? Is there anyone that feels heated enough to argue either side of that? I suppose no pedals is slightly better, particularly for adults, but i really could care less.
I was thinking more along the lines of: Who do you hate more: Idiot women that don't know how to drive (cars or bikes) OR Idiot scenestars in Womens Pants that make me want to puke.
Or maybe:
Track Bikes in American Apparel: "Hilarious Result of Bicycle Scenstarism" or "Finally, i can get a Fuji Track and my sparkly synthetic legwarmers in ONE STOP!"
alternatively - how about touring bikes: the new fixie?
i claim no, because unlike walking your fixie around cap hill or owning a brakeless one but only riding it up and down broadway, if you take your touring bike to load up at the grocery store (bread dumpster?) or ride out to the coast with panniers you are failing at being a poseur. you are in fact being authentic. i think a number of people got excited about biking due to the fun and "sexiness" of fixie riding (like henry), but now they are investing in something practical. hipster fixed gears may have succeeded where years of lycra and spandex have failed.
henry
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:07 pm
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Eric_s wrote:
Why the fuck is it that people who live on capitol hill only leave it to go downtown?
I'm leaving the hill forever on friday and moving back to the north end.
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Eric_s wrote:
Why the fuck is it that people who live on capitol hill only leave it to go downtown?
To get to American Apparel, of course.
Why they even leave the hill confuses me. They have all their needs present; retail and/or internet jobs, restaurant food, methadone, Planned Parenthood, LGTB Offices, bars, clubs and their very own precinct to tear-gas them when they run out of lube.
Alex
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:12 pm
Joined: 18 May 2006Posts: 3128Location: Roosevelt
Eric_s wrote:
Why the fuck is it that people who live on capitol hill only leave it to go downtown?
because they can walk downtown and the climb back up the hill makes it too painful to ride their fixies anywhere farther.
(had to join the two rants)
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Stanglor
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:12 pm
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American Apparel is selling fixies!?! If that's true, all that I can say is wow. BTAG rant required on this one.
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henry
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:14 pm
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Stanglor wrote:
American Apparel is selling fixies!?! If that's true, all that I can say is wow. BTAG rant required on this one.
I can't confirm that they were for sale, but there were two shiny (obviously unused) cheap track bikes in the window of the downtown American Apparel last Thursday.
One was a Fuji Track with the bars swapped out for short flat bars with green grips. The other was something else, also shitty.
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oh, those aren't for sale as far as i can tell, they're just display pieces advertising the american apparel "lifestyle".
derrickito
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:20 pm
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all cotton.
worst choice ever.
Joe
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:26 pm
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henry wrote:
Stanglor wrote:
American Apparel is selling fixies!?! If that's true, all that I can say is wow. BTAG rant required on this one.
I can't confirm that they were for sale, but there were two shiny (obviously unused) cheap track bikes in the window of the downtown American Apparel last Thursday.
One was a Fuji Track with the bars swapped out for short flat bars with green grips. The other was something else, also shitty.
These bike must be procured!
henry
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:27 pm
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lantius wrote:
oh, those aren't for sale as far as i can tell, they're just display pieces advertising the american apparel "lifestyle".
Some associates and I are putting together a magazine targeted towards the hipster and bike rider crowd. We have some clients interested in the idea, but they wanna see some of the material it would contain. That is where you and I come in. I need some photos of you with your bike, modeling with your bike sortathing. I need 10 good shots by Monday.
If you think you may fit the description and want a free photoshoot, get back to me. I am looking for cute,hipster hair, tattoos, hipster style, etc. You will recieve a CD of photos from your shoot in compensation, and you can do whatever you wish with them. You will also be asked to sign a model release.
the dreaded ben
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:45 pm
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fuck fixies, fuck american apparel, fuck that really really skinny ramones wannabe with that fucking fuck of a hat, and fuck fat girls in stupid clothes.
i guess what i'm trying to say is fuck cap hill.
they all deserve each other.
the dreaded ben
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:56 pm
Grumpy GreebJoined: 20 Aug 2005Posts: 5329Location: flavor country
you know what else, fuck people that think they're being individualistic by dressing and acting like everyone else in their immediate vicinity, fuck sleeve tattoos, fuck the color pink, fuck the early eighty's, and fuck the color orange while we're at it.
Eric_s
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:57 pm
Joined: 07 Mar 2007Posts: 1691Location: the dirty south
langston wrote:
Eric_s wrote:
Why the fuck is it that people who live on capitol hill only leave it to go downtown?
To get to American Apparel, of course.
There's an American Apparel store on broadway at john street! YOU LOSE!
lantius wrote:
oh, those aren't for sale as far as i can tell, they're just display pieces advertising the american apparel "lifestyle".
I didn't realize that creep was a "lifestyle". Sorry!
jeff
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:00 pm
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the dreaded ben wrote:
you know what else, fuck people that think they're being individualistic by dressing and acting like everyone else in their immediate vicinity, fuck sleeve tattoos, fuck the color pink, fuck the early eighty's, and fuck the color orange while we're at it.
Did some cap hill fixie dude break your heart?
Let me put together a new order mix cd and bring over a bottle of Cab Sav, we can talk. It's ok.
Eric_s
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:04 pm
Joined: 07 Mar 2007Posts: 1691Location: the dirty south
derrickito wrote:
all cotton.
worst choice ever.
You mean you don't like clammy, sore, chafed balls after a ride? Are you a clothing elitist? Just because you can ride more than a mile at a time without having to stop and loosen your girlpants does not give you a right to denigrate and mock those who are more fortunate than you who are blessed with a 19 year old body and the brains of a gnat, and who like to be seen at fast friday.
joeball
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:04 pm
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the dreaded ben wrote:
you know what else, fuck people that think they're being individualistic by dressing and acting like everyone else in their immediate vicinity, fuck sleeve tattoos, fuck the color pink, fuck the early eighty's, and fuck the color orange while we're at it.
Ben do you have any suggestions where I can find some tattered flannel and oh, just to make sure, that is Jamison whiskey you are drinking in your avitar right?
the dreaded ben
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:08 pm
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that's powers, son.
henry
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:25 pm
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Eric_s wrote:
lantius wrote:
oh, those aren't for sale as far as i can tell, they're just display pieces advertising the american apparel "lifestyle".
I didn't realize that creep was a "lifestyle". Sorry!
man, derrick needs this moustache:
jeff
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:40 pm
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the dreaded ben wrote:
you know what else, fuck people that think they're being individualistic by dressing and acting like everyone else in their immediate vicinity, fuck sleeve tattoos, fuck the color pink, fuck the early eighty's, and fuck the color orange while we're at it.
Yeah cause no one here rides a Surly, or has deep V rims, or a Re-Load messenger bag, or wool pants from Army Surplus. We're all total non-conformists ... Where are we meeting Thursday? Whiskey Bar? Where's that?
surlykat
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:54 pm
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jeff wrote:
the dreaded ben wrote:
you know what else, fuck people that think they're being individualistic by dressing and acting like everyone else in their immediate vicinity, fuck sleeve tattoos, fuck the color pink, fuck the early eighty's, and fuck the color orange while we're at it.
Yeah cause no one here rides a Surly, or has deep V rims, or a Re-Load messenger bag, or wool pants from Army Surplus. We're all total non-conformists ... Where are we meeting Thursday? Whiskey Bar? Where's that?
And no one has ever posted on an internet forum about how much People Suck, or called people sheep, or mocked a silly fashion trend. What a truly original act!
mork the delayer
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:25 pm
Joined: 06 Apr 2006Posts: 548Location: Providence, RI
jeff wrote:
This guy has a flat tire.
He'd better put some air in there if he wants to ride outside of the apartment, or he'll get a pinch flat for sure.
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langston
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:36 pm
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 5547Location: Columbia City
but look, there is a uniting glory, bringing us all together in bliss and happiness;
He'd better put some air in there if he wants to ride outside of the apartment, or he'll get a pinch flat for sure.
It's okay--it looks like he keeps a patch kit in his underroos.
bobhall
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:57 pm
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the dreaded ben wrote:
fuck the color pink
Oh boy Ben, IT'S ON!!! You better wear a cup on Tuesday!
rlotz
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:00 pm
Joined: 23 Jan 2006Posts: 311Location: Capitol Hill
the dreaded ben wrote:
you know what else, fuck people that think they're being individualistic by dressing and acting like everyone else in their immediate vicinity, fuck sleeve tattoos, fuck the color pink, fuck the early eighty's, and fuck the color orange while we're at it.
Shit, Orange too? I keep thinking not enough bikes come in a good, solid orange.
lantius
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:22 pm
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langston wrote:
but look, there is a uniting glory, bringing us all together in bliss and happiness;
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