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Lolo
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Not as blind as superprecise tugging one out over Joe's arse.
a cheap attempt at deflection ed!
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what is the point in those mudguards? ^^ they ain't doin' shit.
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LondonFGSS Bike porn is better than SF, LA and OC...way more entertaining.
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Word! ;-)
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fuck riding brakeless fixed offroad. i cant see why anyone would want to do that other than for novalty.
interesting as it could be quite easy be said that
"fuck riding brakeless fixed on the road. i can't see why anyone would want to do that other than for the novelty"
:-)
but man, imagine the skid time down the hills - fuck yeah!
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I love how all you people feign civility when... the second riding brakeless comes up... it turns into "what a bloody git" and all that.
As for Irish Mick: having two mechanical brakes, or one mechanical brake, does not mean you can't stop or slow down with your legs.
I can't speak for Canada. In the US the law varies, where I am technically one is supposed to have a braking device that allows the rider to stop on dry pavement in x # of feet. I have yet to see that law enforced here.
As for riding brakeless, I agree most people should never do it on the street, and the small # of people who are ok doing it, probably shouldn't do it anyway (there's no logical reason not to have, at the very least, a front brake).
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u know T M, i can see that, but i can see the other side too. If i didn't ride the bmx i think i'd be a bit of a fiend on a fixed gear, i would be a bit silly and want to have my bike skills dialled and road awareness to a point i could ride safe for myself and others at speed. in saying this i would have to be realistic about the consequences...... i think in london it's outrageous, as in, so many variables and fucking tools; bike riders, car, taxi, truck, bus drivers that it's even more dangerous.
back home i will be brakeless cause hell, it's chilled and roads are a dream, while in london a brake will be on.
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u know T M, i can see that, but i can see the other side too. If i didn't ride the bmx i think i'd be a bit of a fiend on a fixed gear, i would be a bit silly and want to have my bike skills dialled and road awareness to a point i could ride safe for myself and others at speed. in saying this i would have to be realistic about the consequences...... i think in london it's outrageous, as in, so many variables and fucking tools; bike riders, car, taxi, truck, bus drivers that it's even more dangerous.
back home i will be brakeless cause hell, it's chilled and roads are a dream, while in london a brake will be on.
i hear ya'! ;)
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what is the point in those mudguards? ^^ they ain't doin' shit.
Given what the bike is, I'm guessing they're doing exactly what the owner wants them to do.
http://www.amarobikes.com/rossellinien.html
If you've got about €5k, I'm sure they'll make you one with full length mudguards or none at all, according to taste. -
not disputing that, but those mudguards are useless. if they aren't then i'd love to know what the point is. not dissing, honest.
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As for Irish Mick: having two mechanical brakes, or one mechanical brake, does not mean you can't stop or slow down with your legs.
i just think it's stupid to put a fancy, expensive brake on a bike that's less practical then a normal brake. my point was that if the chain broke you would not be able to slow down with your legs or the mechanical brake, and that seems stupid to me.
EDIT: i don't really care about care about the whole brakeless thing, i just think if you have a brake it makes sense for them to be independent.
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u know T M, i can see that, but i can see the other side too. If i didn't ride the bmx i think i'd be a bit of a fiend on a fixed gear, i would be a bit silly and want to have my bike skills dialled and road awareness to a point i could ride safe for myself and others at speed. in saying this i would have to be realistic about the consequences...... i think in london it's outrageous, as in, so many variables and fucking tools; bike riders, car, taxi, truck, bus drivers that it's even more dangerous.
back home i will be brakeless cause hell, it's chilled and roads are a dream, while in london a brake will be on.
The part I didn't mention was that I currently ride brakeless (I'll spare people the resume, but I'll say I feel fairly comfortable with my ability to ride brakeless).
But I also admit there's very little reason not to have a brake at all... no one said you have to use it. And hey, better to have that option on the rare occasion you drop a chain over flintstoning-it.
That and with a brake you can run a way more aggressive gearing... fun!
PS: there are times I take issue with your selections, but take it from another American, the bikes that pass as porn on this site are way classier than most of what you see in the States.
PS #2: Sorry Irish Mick, I missed your initial point entirely... I wasn't being clear but one of the implications of my complaint about the disc-crankbrake was the point you were making... if a person wants a disc brake that bad I'm sure someone will make a fork with a mount (weird on a fixed in my opinion, but whatever). In which case you'd have a discbrake on your fixedgear that's truly effective at doing what it's meant for. I was also being somewhat facetious in my complaint about people's attitude about brakeless fixed riding.
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Maybe not everyone's bag but I LOVE LOVE LOVE this - I think my next project might be something similar...
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