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Couldn't agree more.
I have to say I'm surprised at the lack of actual talk of RIDING on this board. It mostly seems to be arguing about BLB and people calling their new bikes 'FIXIES' and going on about colourschemes! -
Ive noticed a lot of bickering over "fixie vs. fixed" recently.
People seem very passionate from either side!I know theres times, when you have to explain the particular charachteristic of your bike by using some appropriate terminology, (in which case I say "fixed wheel")
But something that I dont really get, is peoples actually completley switching the word bike/bicycle for fixed gear or singlespeed.
SO many people are like,
" hey were going on a ride with our fixed gears" ,
"my girlfriend rides a singlespeed"
"Should I buy a singlespeed?"
I dont really get it. A lot of people seem to have some sort of holier than though attitude just because they discarded their expensive geared bike, or in some cases bought a OTP as their very first adult bike.
And when people start to go on about "fixed gear culture" wtf are they on about?
Circus cyclists, track racers, old chaps on path racers, the millions of people who ride fixed wheel work bikes/rickshaws in the world,or just the few twenty something "kids" in big cities, wearing a cycling cap, their sisters jeans, a "messenger bag" and a mini D lock strapped themselves worth more than their bike, practicing "skids" like its a new impressive skill?
It certainly cant be anything to do with cycle couriers right? thats like saying theres a specific milkman culture.
A bike is a bike, I think we oughtta just lose the attitude and ride?
hehee :D
all of this has been covered before.
Personally I do whatever Jos does.
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All your fixie cultures are belong to us.
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i ride the bikes i want to ride, i call them whatever i want*, i wear the clothes i want to wear and i don't care what anyone else calls my bikes, me or my clothes.
it's FUN. that is why i do it. why does everything have to be overcomplicated, overanylised and overtermed?
(fixed* wheel is correct though)
i love everyone and all types of bikes. :-)
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There's a journal/ magazine out at the moment called 'The Ride'. Sure it's got an illustartion of a fixed gear bike on the cover, but the whole thing is stories and articles by different people from different walks of life talking about how much they love riding. At the end of each, it says what they ride. They all ride something which suits them and their needs/ lifestyle...
blah, blah, blah...I sound like a Coke advert. This forum is called LFGSS for a reason. Anybody with more than one gear sucks!
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its My Stead.
nice:-)
(i'm assuming the joke is deliberate)
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Ive noticed a lot of bickering over "fixie vs. fixed" recently.
People seem very passionate from either side!I know theres times, when you have to explain the particular charachteristic of your bike by using some appropriate terminology, (in which case I say "fixed wheel")
But something that I dont really get, is peoples actually completley switching the word bike/bicycle for fixed gear or singlespeed.
SO many people are like,
" hey were going on a ride with our fixed gears" ,
"my girlfriend rides a singlespeed"
"Should I buy a singlespeed?"
I dont really get it. A lot of people seem to have some sort of holier than though attitude just because they discarded their expensive geared bike, or in some cases bought a OTP as their very first adult bike.
And when people start to go on about "fixed gear culture" wtf are they on about?
Circus cyclists, track racers, old chaps on path racers, the millions of people who ride fixed wheel work bikes/rickshaws in the world,or just the few twenty something "kids" in big cities, wearing a cycling cap, their sisters jeans, a "messenger bag" and a mini D lock strapped themselves worth more than their bike, practicing "skids" like its a new impressive skill?
It certainly cant be anything to do with cycle couriers right? thats like saying theres a specific milkman culture.
A bike is a bike, I think we oughtta just lose the attitude and ride?
hehee :D
lay off the caffeine, the addiction only gets worse from here.
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Taxonomy. Its what separates us from chimps (riding bikes).
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I thought they were fixers?
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Ive noticed a lot of bickering over "fixie vs. fixed" recently.
People seem very passionate from either side!
I know theres times, when you have to explain the particular charachteristic of your bike by using some appropriate terminology, (in which case I say "fixed wheel")
But something that I dont really get, is peoples actually completley switching the word bike/bicycle for fixed gear or singlespeed.
SO many people are like,
" hey were going on a ride with our fixed gears" ,
"my girlfriend rides a singlespeed"
"Should I buy a singlespeed?"
I dont really get it. A lot of people seem to have some sort of holier than though attitude just because they discarded their expensive geared bike, or in some cases bought a OTP as their very first adult bike.
And when people start to go on about "fixed gear culture" wtf are they on about?
Circus cyclists, track racers, old chaps on path racers, the millions of people who ride fixed wheel work bikes/rickshaws in the world,
or just the few twenty something "kids" in big cities, wearing a cycling cap, their sisters jeans, a "messenger bag" and a mini D lock strapped themselves worth more than their bike, practicing "skids" like its a new impressive skill?
It certainly cant be anything to do with cycle couriers right? thats like saying theres a specific milkman culture.
A bike is a bike, I think we oughtta just lose the attitude and ride?
hehee :D