Riding a fixed-gear is like handicapping yourself... a wheeled freak show for wannabes.

Someone got up on the wrong side of bed on September 26th last year.

"Now there's the rub. Like trucker hats and PBR, what started as a bike messenger thing has become a fashion statement and status symbol. You've got kids in the Mission with the left leg of their jeans rolled up, a little biker hat on crooked, slip-on Vans, and a brand-new fixed-gear Bianchi; and they don't know their ass from a light socket. Cadence? You may as well be talking astrophysics."

hehe..

Sound like some one who knows fuck all. For a start he is confiusing fixed wheels with track bikes, not all fixed wheels are track bike. That really pisses me off fixed wheel bike have been around for years before a track even existed (I know I am preching to the converted here sorry). Then staement like "left leg of their jeans rolled up," Left leg?

One of the thing I always like about bike is it is up ot you to ride what you want, if you want to ride a fixed wheel cool , if you want to ride a touring bike cool, set the bike up the way you like not the way someone tells you, one brake two brakes no brakes, gears no gears, mudgard no mudgard backpack, messengerbag, panniers, who cares? Your on a bike and happy. This bullshit gets right on my tits.

Tommy's right.

I think the people who speak out like that are greater in number than the "hipsters" etc, that they fear so much.

Yeah some people hate for no reason, maybe he got dumped for a tight-trousered, mullet-headed, vintage-T-shirt-clad Robespierre.

Hilarious article though, like watching a monkey wack-off in the zoo.

That sound dodgy as fuck, sorry. :D

nothing wrong with that i do it all the time, have i said too much?

do you work in a zoo?

as a primate masturbatory observer?

What the hell is he talking about with the left trouser leg being rolled up? I've never seen a bike with a drive chain on the left hand side :S

That guy is a complete moron... As quite a few people have said on the comments of that article he should criticise people for being shallow or whatever rather than what they take over for their trends.

TheBrick has summed it up: it's up to you to ride what you want.

I mean who even cares if people are shallow and follow trends?! I couldn't give a damn.

eeehhhh What the hell is he talking about with the left trouser leg being rolled up? I've never seen a bike with a drive chain on the left hand side :S

I have.

How do you know it wasn't just bait to stir up threads like this, getting us to hit their website and generate ad revenue?
That's what I do.. I mean.. oh nevermind. :P

I never, ever, ever click on ads :P

hippy [quote]eeehhhh What the hell is he talking about with the left trouser leg being rolled up? I've never seen a bike with a drive chain on the left hand side :S

I have.

How do you know it wasn't just bait to stir up threads like this, getting us to hit their website and generate ad revenue?
That's what I do.. I mean.. oh nevermind. :P[/quote]

crumbles and mooches away...

Yeah, but the ads have already been loaded by your browser.. you don't need to click..

Now to keep this on-topic for Bill..
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19004354/?GT1=10056

"Chestnut won a free trip to New York, a year’s supply of hot dogs and a $250 gift card to the mall."

Seems like a fair trade for ones dignity.

http://sheldonbrown.org/gunnar/index.htm

[img=http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/258/shelde1.gif]

that is making me dizzy and sick......grrrrrr!

eeehhhh What the hell is he talking about with the left trouser leg being rolled up? I've never seen a bike with a drive chain on the left hand side :S

I think that's the point of the article...that they are rolling up the wrong side of their trouser leg, because they spend more time posing with the bike than actually riding it and haven't got a clue why they are rolling up the trouser legs, just that it's 'part of the look'. You're starting to see them in London too...usually walking their chrome bianchi, with slip-on vans, podie-cap and a crumpler.

Hmm I think you're right Jakob.

Stupid guy should learn to write more effectively.

Tris http://sheldonbrown.org/gunnar/index.htm

Trust Sheldon to come up with something like that!

TheBrick(Tommy) Sound like some one who knows fuck all. For a start he is confiusing fixed wheels with track bikes, not all fixed wheels are track bike. That really pisses me off fixed wheel bike have been around for years before a track even existed (I know I am preching to the converted here sorry). Then staement like "left leg of their jeans rolled up," Left leg?

One of the thing I always like about bike is it is up ot you to ride what you want, if you want to ride a fixed wheel cool , if you want to ride a touring bike cool, set the bike up the way you like not the way someone tells you, one brake two brakes no brakes, gears no gears, mudgard no mudgard backpack, messengerbag, panniers, who cares? Your on a bike and happy. This bullshit gets right on my tits.

Yeah, this is just the f*k*ng*r thing in a different costume...

TheBrick(Tommy) Sound like some one who knows fuck all. For a start he is confiusing fixed wheels with track bikes, not all fixed wheels are track bike. That really pisses me off fixed wheel bike have been around for years before a track even existed (I know I am preching to the converted here sorry). Then staement like "left leg of their jeans rolled up," Left leg?

One of the thing I always like about bike is it is up ot you to ride what you want, if you want to ride a fixed wheel cool , if you want to ride a touring bike cool, set the bike up the way you like not the way someone tells you, one brake two brakes no brakes, gears no gears, mudgard no mudgard backpack, messengerbag, panniers, who cares? Your on a bike and happy. This bullshit gets right on my tits.

Respek to dat

miss read old post makes no sense.

it doesn't matter what you wear, it's all about how fast you can go...

lpg it doesn't matter what you wear, it's all about how fast you can go...

That's why I just bought a Porsche. To keep within the confines of the forum I'll only use 2nd gear. :D

It's funny the angle he's coming from though. I could imagine a load of Couriers getting sniffy about their daily mode of transport getting slowly raped by Nathan Barley, but he doesn't even ride one?! Why should he even care?

If you get yourself all bent out of shape about every weak 'counter culture' fashion jerk that's out there, you're going to spend your life in permanent torment.