WHAT IS FIXED GEAR?
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LouisAve at 10.14.10 - 9:41 am
"A fixed-gear bicycle (or fixed-wheel bicycle, commonly known in the USA as a fixie) is a bicycle that has no freewheel, meaning it cannot coast — the pedals are always in motion when the bicycle is moving.
The sprocket is screwed directly onto a fixed hub. When the rear wheel turns, the pedals turn in the same direction. This allows a cyclist to stop without using a brake, by resisting the rotation of the cranks, and also to ride in reverse."'
THANKS wiki!
i have a conversation with this girl riding down to DT the other day
and she was riding freewheel brakeless ( not suprised) and i asked why shes riding
FREEWHEEL brakeless
her answer ;
"what? no i'm riding FIXED GEAR"
i said no your riding freeewheel
she didn't know what fixed gear was so i explained
then she told me
oh i thought riding "fixed gear" "Fixie" was no brakes, with the small handle bars
with no gears
'lol
ohman really?
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It is called the ghettoization of Cycling. It happens.....
Foldie10.14.10 - 9:46 am
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did you try to sell her one of those made in china pieces of shit that you were hawking on here two months ago? seriously though, what the fuck is the point of this thread?
ruinedbyidiots10.14.10 - 9:57 am
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You have to accept, that people are just plain dumb out there.
Just share your opinions in a positive way (without any criticism), and sooner or later, dumb people will just realize how dumb they are and change, simple as that.
^olsko*jr710.14.10 - 11:17 am
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hello ... hi there ... its me.
Oh just in cause you were wondering I do have something dickish to add to this thread.
here it is...
okthxbai
trickmilla responding to a
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10.14.10 - 12:14 pm
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hi rbi. miss you. hope you're doing well.
indigis responding to a
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10.14.10 - 12:20 pm
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hi craig! its been quite a while. all is well. im working at a shop in northridge.
i remember seeing your nissan (i think?) with your cervelo on the trunk rack on the 101 near the 405 interchange sometime last year. i might have already told you this.
ruinedbyidiots responding to a
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10.14.10 - 12:32 pm
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seriously though, what the fuck is the point of your life?
tortuga_veloce responding to a
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10.14.10 - 12:41 pm
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being faster than you, collecting records, and eventually getting old and dying.
ruinedbyidiots10.14.10 - 12:57 pm
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She was riding freewheel brakeless? How was she stopping, like the Flinstones?
Before you know it, someone will geek out enough to start using SQUARE wheels!
adrian10.14.10 - 3:28 pm
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Was her name Celeste?
And was she moving her leg behind her so that she can brake with her shoes on the tire?
Ninja biker10.14.10 - 3:37 pm
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I enjoyed this story. It was bike related on this here bike related website and it made me laugh.
vigilAnthony10.14.10 - 3:49 pm
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what shop do you work for? maybe i can make pissing on your saddle part of my daily commute!
lackflag responding to a
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10.14.10 - 4:27 pm
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just letting everyone know............im totally jacking off right now.........!!
shotgun_mike10.14.10 - 4:29 pm
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On this thread about brakeless freewheels???
You're SICK!!!!
:P
Ninja biker responding to a
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10.14.10 - 4:31 pm
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is this like an an obscure reference about my lindsay lohan thread?
Don't make me bump it up again coz I will! :P
Ninja biker responding to a
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10.14.10 - 4:36 pm
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Fixed Gear blah blah blah, police brutality blah blah blah right to the road blah blah blah im better than everyone blah blah blah this is all bullshit blah blah balh your dress is pink mine is blue blah blah blah your fixie is green mine is chartruese blah blah blah.... and so on gores the life of the MidnightRidazz DRAMA FEST!
stillline10.14.10 - 6:06 pm
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ohai indigis...i miss you...i hope you are well ; )
TheJen responding to a
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10.14.10 - 6:49 pm
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Classism, maybe. But either way, it's a completely backwards application of the term
ghettoization, seeing as how this is a result of bicycles becoming more mainstream, not more marginalized.
nathansnider responding to a
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10.14.10 - 7:28 pm
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i cant believe i just wasted three minutes of my life reading this... let alone responding to it... god im dumb.
whiskey and bruises10.14.10 - 7:57 pm
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jen, where are you training these days? i've got to get my ass back on the saddle for some serious riding.
indigis responding to a
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10.14.10 - 8:20 pm
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You and me both Daddy! I'll email you...I think I still have your addy. xoxo
TheJen responding to a
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10.14.10 - 9:00 pm
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What time does this ride start...
I should be rollin onto Melrose from Paramount around 3AM...
Gern10.14.10 - 9:41 pm
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+1,000,000,000,000,000
hahahahahaha U go RBI!!!
dont listen to dos haters!!!!
they can eat doggy poop poop!!!
n
go start a LACM ride!!!!
fixie4life responding to a
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10.14.10 - 10:34 pm
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Well, so much for 3AM...
Damn
At least they called martini set-up!!
Gern10.15.10 - 3:53 am
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Ha Ha late call
and it's only Thursday bet you see the sun come up on Sat. morning
Dedicated818 responding to a
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10.15.10 - 5:22 am
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I would say neither racist nor classism. Just observation.
Mr Snider sometimes a word is used in a different context than Richard Chenevix Trench may have approved of.
Urban Dictionary reference:
Def of Ghetto
Foldie responding to a
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10.15.10 - 12:33 pm
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