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i'm, like, all for folks riding whatever, but this makes my shoes squishy with vomit.
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Eric_s
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:47 pm
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I just love the vituperative rants from Bike Snob, especially against the fashion victims.
That said, starlets riding cruiser bikes around is a good thing because then people see them doing it and might begin copying. Any publicity for riding bicycles is a good thing, even if it's fashion.
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Remington
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:56 pm
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Eric_s wrote:
I just love the vituperative rants from Bike Snob, especially against the fashion victims.
People read this shit?
Eric_s
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:53 pm
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Remington wrote:
Eric_s wrote:
I just love the vituperative rants from Bike Snob, especially against the fashion victims.
People read this shit?
It's satire.
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Remington
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:55 pm
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Eric_s wrote:
Remington wrote:
Eric_s wrote:
I just love the vituperative rants from Bike Snob, especially against the fashion victims.
People read this shit?
It's satire.
Not all satire is worth reading. Have you seen my post on the SLOG?
Eric_s
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:12 pm
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Remington wrote:
]Not all satire is worth reading. Have you seen my post on the SLOG?
Nah, I didn't think it was worth reading.
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derrickito
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:17 pm
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the other day i was riding up the hill on my fixie (blue and yellow) and realized i was wearing blue pants and a yellow shirt.
I just love the vituperative rants from Bike Snob, especially against the fashion victims.
That said, starlets riding cruiser bikes around is a good thing because then people see them doing it and might begin copying. Any publicity for riding bicycles is a good thing, even if it's fashion.
I personally prefer Bicycling Magazine's Style Man (byline: "He knows everything, and he knows it."). Bicycling is pretty much entirely advertisements, but the "Letters to the Editor" "By the Numbers" (relating some ridiculous cycling feat to an equally ridiculous amount of a food product required to replace the calories) and Style Man make it almost worth buying. I usually go to the library instead. Style Man has had some real gems. Sad thing is I've had some Cascade riders actually quote him when giving me "advice". One more reason I don't ride with them much at all anymore.
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Q: I often see a student on campus commuting on a Litespeed. The bike has Time pedals, yet the guy rides in dirty running shoes.... How can I make him aware of the grave injustice he is committing?
A: You are an imbecile. Throw yourself at the man's feet and devote yourself entirely to gaining even a fraction of the style this rider embodies. The ability to use technology from the pinnacle of cycling in a utilitarian purpose, with a complete lack of guilt, is a rare and holy gift.
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Q: Crocs- Cool or uncool?
A: What you want to know is, Are those ubiquitous, brightly colored Australian inspired shoes more Robbie McEwen or more Bloomin Onion? Sadly typical. Very few of the people who write to me actually formulate the correct question. You will never find your way to even the weakest beginnings of an authentic personal style until you ask yourself why you imagine you need postride shoes. Look... it is simple. Unless you are lounging in the back of the team van sipping espresso and casually mulling the days categorized climbs, you should ride to the ride.
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Q: Is Lazer's diamond-encrusted helmet so over the top that it's stylish?
A: In general, as you know, I strongly endorse the efforts of all who try to look as pro as possible. But Lazer's €7,000, special-edition Genesis helmet--encrusted with a 1.18-carat diamond on a gold nameplate and originally created for Quick Step racers who won a Classic or ProTour stage--is a tough call even for me. When assuming a pro look, you must always keep two unbreachable precepts in mind:
1. The higher you climb in the hierarchy from newbie to pro, the less you should imitate one. Full Euskaltel kit paired with an orange Orbea Orca and Campy tubulars on a 15-mile charity ride? Genius. A simple ProTour jersey in a Cat 3 race? Loser beyond pity or salvation.
2. Always remember that pros don't pay for the decadent gear they ride--and as a corollary, if you pay a lot to do so, you are stupider than they are. For context, this makes you stupider than people who rock mullets and believe taking a shower fills your legs with water. Yet, stupid people are happy people, and I would change places with you in an instant if I could.
The Genesis exists in a gray area between these two guiding principles. Flying that lid at a lunch ride is a stroke of genius neither Einstein nor Yamamoto could have conceived. And yet, while there's an ecstatic amount of beauty to be found in laying the helmet down on the cobbles while trying to hold Boonen's wheel through Arenberg, the crash that costs you €7,000 will occur when you topple over at the stoplight in front of the Pizza Hut at 10th and Main.
If you fancy yourself unskilled and lacking all potential, yet happy, run the helmet.
TrikerTrev
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:18 pm
Joined: 23 Oct 2006Posts: 2303Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!
jezus, you ARE bored! thanks for sharing your disease.
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Happy Stick Person
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:53 pm
Joined: 20 Sep 2006Posts: 1168Location: Leschi
I always make sure my argyle socks match my underpants...
Uncle Martha
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:28 am
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Happy Stick Person wrote:
I always make sure my argyle socks match my underpants...
You realize that somebody's going to be checking from now on, don't you?
(not me, BTW)
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