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Date: 24 Jul 2007 14:23:07
From: Steve
Subject: Death of the Fixie
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in Specialized 2008 catalog there are 9 versions of their fixed gear
bike names for various cities with slightly different saddles and bars
one must assume this would be the death knell of the fixie revolution..
mainstream has cought up.. ;)
Steve
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Date: 25 Jul 2007 16:02:18
From: landotter
Subject: Re: Death of the Fixie
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On Jul 25, 7:54 am, Paul Myron Hobson <phob...@gatech.edu > wrote:
> landotter wrote:
> > On Jul 24, 8:32 pm, Luigi de Guzman <luigi12...@cox.net> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:47:37 -0700, Dane Buson wrote:
> >>>> Would you like to bitch some more? How about how your favorite band
> >>>> sucks since they sold out and stuff.
> >>> Yeah, I totally liked that band before they sold out and went mainstream.
> >> Dude, their first album was totally better.
>
> > Poser, nothing beat the EP on wax cylinder.
>
> Whatever. Their first split 7" with that other band was the best!
Dude, there's nothing more cred than their earliest player piano
scrolls.
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Date: 25 Jul 2007 02:57:04
From: landotter
Subject: Re: Death of the Fixie
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On Jul 24, 8:32 pm, Luigi de Guzman <luigi12...@cox.net > wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:47:37 -0700, Dane Buson wrote:
> >> Would you like to bitch some more? How about how your favorite band
> >> sucks since they sold out and stuff.
>
> > Yeah, I totally liked that band before they sold out and went mainstream.
>
> Dude, their first album was totally better.
Poser, nothing beat the EP on wax cylinder.
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Date: 25 Jul 2007 08:54:19
From: Paul Myron Hobson
Subject: Re: Death of the Fixie
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landotter wrote:
> On Jul 24, 8:32 pm, Luigi de Guzman <luigi12...@cox.net> wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:47:37 -0700, Dane Buson wrote:
>>>> Would you like to bitch some more? How about how your favorite band
>>>> sucks since they sold out and stuff.
>>> Yeah, I totally liked that band before they sold out and went mainstream.
>> Dude, their first album was totally better.
>
>
> Poser, nothing beat the EP on wax cylinder.
>
>
Whatever. Their first split 7" with that other band was the best!
Also: I think those new Specialized bikes are great!
\paul
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Date: 25 Jul 2007 01:32:44
From: Luigi de Guzman
Subject: Re: Death of the Fixie
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:47:37 -0700, Dane Buson wrote:
>> Would you like to bitch some more? How about how your favorite band
>> sucks since they sold out and stuff.
>
> Yeah, I totally liked that band before they sold out and went mainstream.
Dude, their first album was totally better.
-Luigi
(no fixie yet)
--
Luigi de Guzman
http://ouij.livejournal.com
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Date: 24 Jul 2007 20:33:09
From: landotter
Subject: Re: Death of the Fixie
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On Jul 24, 11:43 am, "ccar...@new.rr.com" <ccar...@new.rr.com > wrote:
> On Jul 24, 9:23 am, Steve <sfswan...@operamail.com> wrote:
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> > in Specialized 2008 catalog there are 9 versions of their fixed gear
> > bike names for various cities with slightly different saddles and bars
>
> > one must assume this would be the death knell of the fixie revolution..
> > mainstream has cought up.. ;)
>
> > Steve
>
> Yes. It used to be that one would find a very cheaply priced, but very
> quality, road bike, and convert that instead of buying a prefabricated
> one.
Why ruin a good road bike when prebuilts have come down in price? I
was going to build one up before I decided on the Redline--because it
was cheaper to buy. I "hipped" it up for summer today with the removal
of winter lights, fenders, the rear brake and lever from the body and
it's brilliant. Can't wait to hit some fire road this afternoon. All
that gear goes back on for rainy season, of course. ;-)
I'm glad that it's mainstream now. Running brakeless on a freewheel
hub and some loctite is not my idea of a fun faith based activity
anyway.
>
> I'm probably old-school, but the first phrase that comes to mind when
> I hear that one can BUY a fixie is: "POSER"!
Nah. Poser is riding a track bike with NJS sloping stem, stupid high
gearing, and track pedal with Vans sneakers.
Would you like to bitch some more? How about how your favorite band
sucks since they sold out and stuff.
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Date: 24 Jul 2007 13:47:37
From: Dane Buson
Subject: Re: Death of the Fixie
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landotter <landotter@gmail.com > wrote:
> On Jul 24, 11:43 am, "ccar...@new.rr.com" <ccar...@new.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm probably old-school, but the first phrase that comes to mind when
>> I hear that one can BUY a fixie is: "POSER"!
>
> Nah. Poser is riding a track bike with NJS sloping stem, stupid high
> gearing, and track pedal with Vans sneakers.
>
> Would you like to bitch some more? How about how your favorite band
> sucks since they sold out and stuff.
Yeah, I totally liked that band before they sold out and went mainstream.
--
Dane Buson - sigdane@unixbigots.org
"These are DARK TIMES for all mankind's HIGHEST VALUES!"
"These are DARK TIMES for FREEDOM and PROSPERITY!"
"These are GREAT TIMES to put your money on BAD GUY to kick the CRAP
out of MEGATON MAN!"
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Date: 24 Jul 2007 16:02:58
From: catzz66
Subject: Re: Death of the Fixie
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landotter wrote:
>
>
> Would you like to bitch some more? How about how your favorite band
> sucks since they sold out and stuff.
>
>
I guess it just feels better to feel superior to somebody, anyway.
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Date: 24 Jul 2007 18:54:22
From: Anthony DeLorenzo
Subject: Re: Death of the Fixie
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On Jul 24, 9:43 am, "ccar...@new.rr.com" <ccar...@new.rr.com > wrote:
> Yes. It used to be that one would find a very cheaply priced, but very
> quality, road bike, and convert that instead of buying a prefabricated
> one.
>
> I'm probably old-school, but the first phrase that comes to mind when
> I hear that one can BUY a fixie is: "POSER"!
Old school? I was thinking more like snooty. Maybe we should all be
converting old Schwinn cruisers instead of buying mountain bikes:
That's the only real way to do it.
IMHO, bicycles always have and will be something for the masses. It
makes me happy to see people buying and riding bikes, even if they
just ride their mass-market fixies two blocks to get a cappucino.
Regards,
Anthony
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Date: 24 Jul 2007 11:42:16
From: joseph.santaniello@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Death of the Fixie
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On Jul 24, 6:43 pm, "ccar...@new.rr.com" <ccar...@new.rr.com > wrote:
> On Jul 24, 9:23 am, Steve <sfswan...@operamail.com> wrote:
>
> > in Specialized 2008 catalog there are 9 versions of their fixed gear
> > bike names for various cities with slightly different saddles and bars
>
> > one must assume this would be the death knell of the fixie revolution..
> > mainstream has cought up.. ;)
>
> > Steve
>
> Yes. It used to be that one would find a very cheaply priced, but very
> quality, road bike, and convert that instead of buying a prefabricated
> one.
>
> I'm probably old-school, but the first phrase that comes to mind when
> I hear that one can BUY a fixie is: "POSER"!
I like to take it one step further:
If it's not a steel track bike that is older than you are = POSER
;-)
Joseph
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Date: 24 Jul 2007 09:43:43
From: ccarter@new.rr.com
Subject: Re: Death of the Fixie
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On Jul 24, 9:23 am, Steve <sfswan...@operamail.com > wrote:
> in Specialized 2008 catalog there are 9 versions of their fixed gear
> bike names for various cities with slightly different saddles and bars
>
> one must assume this would be the death knell of the fixie revolution..
> mainstream has cought up.. ;)
>
> Steve
Yes. It used to be that one would find a very cheaply priced, but very
quality, road bike, and convert that instead of buying a prefabricated
one.
I'm probably old-school, but the first phrase that comes to mind when
I hear that one can BUY a fixie is: "POSER"!
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