Brand stereotypes?

Following on from an earlier thread, what stereotypes do you associate with each bike brand, ie: Condor, Surly, Bob Jackson, Paké and the like.
Just for fun mind....

Surly Steamroller - Hardcore Courier Type (thats me out)
Condor Pista - Affluent City Single-Speeder (me out)
Cove Stiffee - Hardcore Northshore Freerider (me out)

I don't fit on any of my bikes.

Bianchi - "Fakenger"
Condor - Middle aged men
Mercian - Middle aged men with taste
Bob Jackson - 'Fakenger with taste
Specialised - I.T commuter
Fuji - Student
Rapha - American Pyscho type city bankers
Archies Grow bags - The coolest kids on the block [can I get a free one please :) ]

i think that this sort of thread takes away from the fact that people are riding fg/ss
When we put up stereotypes like this we help no one
I admit that i always fall into this trap and have done it myself

but just ride

fixed gear all brands - sociopaths, design geeks and nerds. lets not forget the poxy students either.

It's all about making your own bike out of the components you found in the garage. If you bought it as a fixed...it doesn't count! Until it has your blood on it, it still belongs to the company you bought it from.

stonster It's all about making your own bike out of the components you found in the garage. If you bought it as a fixed...it doesn't count! Until it has your blood on it, it still belongs to the company you bought it from.
couldnt have said it any better

flickwg i think that this sort of thread takes away from the fact that people are riding fg/ss
When we put up stereotypes like this we help no one
I admit that i always fall into this trap and have done it myself

but just ride

It is niche anyway though, not that i don't agree with you flickwg. So i guess MrSmith also has a very good point.

Why don't we all ride Fuji's?

tho what if you bought it single speed? ;)

hael [quote]stonster It's all about making your own bike out of the components you found in the garage. If you bought it as a fixed...it doesn't count! Until it has your blood on it, it still belongs to the company you bought it from.
couldnt have said it any better[/quote]

Bollocks.

Vinz [quote]hael [quote]stonster It's all about making your own bike out of the components you found in the garage. If you bought it as a fixed...it doesn't count! Until it has your blood on it, it still belongs to the company you bought it from.
couldnt have said it any better[/quote]

Bollocks.[/quote]not taking anything away from maunufactured fixies (i have one) but nothing beats the feeling when you build and ride your own from what some people would class as old junk.

Vinz
Specialised - I.T commuter

Mike?

|³|MA3K [quote]Vinz
Specialised - I.T commuter

Mike?[/quote]aye! now you have to get one ;)

what really gets me is singlespeeding mtb'ers, i ride a singlespeed mtb but i just don't understand why you have to have the following:

a load of other ss mtb mates that you ride with but not with 'geared' people.
a witty sticker on your bike saying 'one really nice speed' or 'one fucking speed'
a stem top cap that takes a beer cap, the cap must be from some obscure american micro-brewery
a surly hipflask with single malt in it.
your bike is either some 'shonky' conversion or from a niche microbrand
you must have square taper middleburn cranks (even though lighter/better/stiffer cranks are available)

it's like there's a handbook, How to become a singlespeeder in 3 easy steps.

remember kids it's just a bike with one gear.

a dekerf is a nice bike, really like the pierced stays. it's not the bike it's the singlespeed sheep that bother me.

scott dun got broked [quote]Vinz
Archies Grow bags - The coolest kids on the block [can I get a free one please :) ]

It would have helped your cause if you'd spelt it right!...hehe...GRObags![/quote]

Dammit!!!!!!! :}

Brooklyn Machine Works - Skinhead, Tattooed, Pierced, Self-employed Works from home in the Creative Industries

Surly Steamroller (Green)- Angry man often seen bashing on car windows using the C word like its going out of fashion saying "get off my fking wheel! do your own fking work!!" ;)

The Design For Diversity brand always gives me connotations of rampant narcissism and delusions of grandeur.

hael saying "get off my fking wheel! do your own fking work!!" ;)

Don't feel bad, at least now you know I'm not just being mean to you :O

Bianchi - People's Front of Judea
Condor - Judean People's Front
Mercian - Splitters!...

etc.

dangerMouse Bianchi - People's Front of Judea
Condor - Judean People's Front
Mercian - Splitters!...

etc.

i love you! however many times the life of Brian is quoted i still laugh.....you know what...im going to watch it now!

You missed mine earlier.

"i love you!"

so what about hippy? don't you love him anymore?
i can't say dropping a boorish antipodean for a supercilious tory boy was much of an improvement.

young love can be so fickle.

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Hammo Following on from an earlier thread, what stereotypes do you associate with each bike brand, ie: Condor, Surly, Bob Jackson, Paké and the like.
Just for fun mind....

Bike's are for gays.