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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    09/29/09

    In reply to Real Newspaper Discovers How Kids Are Fixing Their Bike Gears These Days
    Shit, I'm too old to use a fixie. I need me some easy gears just to ride on level ground, not to mention a 1% incline.
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    Image of Ephraim Gadsby Ephraim Gadsby
    09/28/09

    In reply to Real Newspaper Discovers How Kids Are Fixing Their Bike Gears These Days
    This journalistic phenomenon merits an Animal Planet show called 'When Old Editors Try To Be Hip'. See also: the recent NY Times review of Gold Bar. Shortly before that bar celebrated it's second birthday.
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    09/28/09

    In reply to Real Newspaper Discovers How Kids Are Fixing Their Bike Gears These Days
    Meanwhile the Times points out that the "food vending cart business has actually seen strong demand," according to Ozone Park industrial bike manufacturer Workman Cycles. Because in this economy pretty soon we will all be selling paletas from ice cream carts.

    [www.nytimes.com]
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    09/28/09

    In reply to Real Newspaper Discovers How Kids Are Fixing Their Bike Gears These Days
    I'm not sure how this fixed bike trend happened, all I know is that my friend who owns one has flown over the handlebars more than once. He put brakes only on the front wheel.

    Fixed bikes will never catch on in Park Slope, where I dwell, because the climb to the park would be torture.
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    Image of hamburgerhotdog hamburgerhotdog
    09/28/09

    @Cheap Shot: He is the only person I have known to do that more than once. Really, no excuse for that after the first time. You get demoted to a Huffy with training wheels.

    I have also seen lots of fixed/single speeds in PS.
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    Image of hamburgerhotdog hamburgerhotdog
    09/28/09

    In reply to Real Newspaper Discovers How Kids Are Fixing Their Bike Gears These Days
    I've been riding one since 2003. It's all personal preference - I like that it gives me strong cadence for when I do long rides on a geared bike, I like that I feel more in-control when crawling through traffic (and that I have to stay alert), I like that my bike is lightweight and repairs are a breeze, but I don't like this brakeless business. Especially not in the city. Are you out of your mind?!
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    09/28/09

    @hamburgerhotdog: Besides: hasn't everyone's knees gotten creaky and they went single speed? I rarely see fixies anymore.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    09/28/09

    @hamburgerhotdog: they're getting too be quite big in the hinterlands. i was in reno this weekend and more than a few kids were palping some chopped drop-downs outside the broken spoke bar.

    is being over fixies already over? and what of being over being over, epsilon n=1, etc. nyc bike snob is a consistent good read though.
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    09/28/09

    In reply to Real Newspaper Discovers How Kids Are Fixing Their Bike Gears These Days
    We've had them in Redmond WA, for a while, we just ride them in our velodrome. Also, about 10 years ago I did the AIDS ride from SF to LA and a dude did it on a fix gear. INSANE.
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    Image of J. Frank Parnell J. Frank Parnell
    09/28/09

    In reply to Real Newspaper Discovers How Kids Are Fixing Their Bike Gears These Days
    Fixed wheel bike (used) - $550
    New center dent fedora - $25
    Skinny black jeans (used) - $85
    Having to relearn the goddamn alphabet because you were stupid enough to ride a fixie in NYC traffic without a helmet - PRICELESS.
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    Image of harumph harumph
    09/28/09

    In reply to Real Newspaper Discovers How Kids Are Fixing Their Bike Gears These Days
    Now if we can just find a way to ship all the fixed-gear a-holes to DC, we could make them feel trendy while instantly improving quality of life here. Win-win!
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    09/28/09

    @harumph: And I wouldn't have to keep a constant lookout for idiots in skinny jeans running red lights because they can't freaking stop without brake levers. I realize lots of fixie riders are responsible, but come on. Half of them look out of control and terrified 90% of the time.
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    Image of CherriSpryte CherriSpryte
    09/28/09

    @harumph: I'm sorry, DC maxed out on its quota of assholes decades ago.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    09/28/09

    @CherriSpryte:
    Fixie Assholes are the least of its problems...
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    Image of harumph harumph
    09/28/09

    @CherriSpryte: We're way over our budget as well so we'll foist them on you however possible. Sorry.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    09/28/09

    In reply to Real Newspaper Discovers How Kids Are Fixing Their Bike Gears These Days
    Wait, are their bikes broken? Why do they need to fix the gears? Where am I?
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    09/28/09

    @m4ximusprim3:
    Seriously.

    "Fix" is a vague term. Just to be on the safe side, I hope it encompasses both "spay" and "neuter".

    One of these riders behavingly badly could be a "fix-f*ck", though, which has entertainment value.
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    09/28/09

    @m4ximusprim3: (I'm editing this to make it more clear. let's try again!) The rear gear hub is fixed so that it rotates with the wheel. As long as the wheels are rotating, so do the chain and pedals. In other words, you can't stop pedaling and just coast.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    09/28/09

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: I'm ashamed to report that actually own a fixie- it was a feeble attempt to poke fun at the "get off my lawn" crowd.

    Although, to your credit, I'm going to use your explanation whenever a family member asks me what a fixie is, because you did a great job explaining it.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    09/28/09

    @m4ximusprim3: I had a Portland-ite explain it to me recently!

    The thing I most would dislike about fixies is the low ground clearance when leaning in tight turns. that would just freak me out.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    09/29/09

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: Yes, you learn quickly to not do that. I ended up losing some skin on my right leg after pegging out.

    If they actually rode their bikes like bikes, I would say the hipsters are onto something riding in those ridiculous skinny jeans. They look very road-rash preventative.
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    09/28/09

    In reply to Real Newspaper Discovers How Kids Are Fixing Their Bike Gears These Days
    I bet they have a wonderful expose about those "Che Guevara" shirts, too.
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Could Sexxxy Nudes Help PETA?

    I know this is about fur but that commercial inspired a whole 'nother narrative for me.
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Could Sexxxy Nudes Help PETA?
    As long as people still pay attention, any kind of attention, PETA will never go away. Meanwhile, AR groups that do some really great work (Friends of Animals, for instance) don't get half the exposure.
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    09/11/09

    @homoviper: So to speak.
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Could Sexxxy Nudes Help PETA?
    If masturbating for a good cause is wrong, I don't want to be right. I like to think of it as giving back.
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Could Sexxxy Nudes Help PETA?
    OK, so this is Pam Anderson's career-extending cause, right? Jenny McCarthy has autism tied up and Jerry Lewis holds the copyright on muscular dystrophy.
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Could Sexxxy Nudes Help PETA?
    Because nothing says, "Take us seriously" like Stevo, Andy Dick, and painted-on abdominals.
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