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    Fixie Must Go

    http://slo.craigslist.org/bik/3050996290.html

    Poor failed hipster. Pretty bike, tho, perhaps just add some brakes?
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    Quote Originally Posted by tangentgirl View Post
    http://slo.craigslist.org/bik/3050996290.html

    Poor failed hipster. Pretty bike, tho, perhaps just add some brakes?
    Awwww...funny though. I don't, however, understand the attraction of bikes without brakes. Can someone explain that to me? WHY would one want that? I can sort of understand the attraction of having a simple single speed that you don't have to worry about shifting, but no brakes

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    This is pretty hysterical. Pretty bike.
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    That was wonderful. I, personally, like gears and brakes and am thankfully uncool.
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    We'll probably see a lot more of those bikes on the street after that new Joseph Gordon-Levitt bike messenger movie comes out. Too bad we won't see more people looking like J G-L. He's pretty.
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    A few weeks ago, my city was host to the North American Cycle Courier Championships. It was quite the scene. Most of them are amazing bike handlers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
    A few weeks ago, my city was host to the North American Cycle Courier Championships. It was quite the scene. Most of them are amazing bike handlers.
    They really are amazing. The championships must have been wonderful to behold.

    Very funny ad.

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    Dude lives in SLO. Probably a Cal Poly student who writes well and needs money.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zen View Post
    Dude lives in SLO. Probably a Cal Poly student who writes well and needs money.
    Welcome back Glad to see you 'round these parts.

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    That is a pretty bike!!

    As for no brakes, if you can do it then you've got great skill. My BF that has been riding bikes his whole life, has raced at a national level, routinely rides insane technical terraine on a rigid single speed... will not ride a fixie without at least one brake. It's scary stuff.
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    "Stop sign? Fixie don't care. Car coming turning in front of you at a three-way stop? Fixie laugh. Want Chipotle? Nope. Fixie want protein powder/beet/purple carrot/bee pollen juice and won't stop till he gets it. Fixie has a mind of his own."

    This part had me laughing out loud, cracking up! That's funny stuff!!!
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