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 22nd July 2008 | #1 |
 | It's a fucking bike! 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 |
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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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| 22nd July 2008 | #18 |
 | 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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| | oh ... lfgss has gone meta ... my navel aint been gazed at for a while ... so here goes there's always a problem when a subculture starts going mainstream, and people join for different reasons to the originators, who were often mavericks or contrarians (see surfing). those joining can often be the opposite, and so adopt certain conventions of the originators and fetishise them, sometimes in an odd attempt to prove authenticity. of course not everyone needs to feel part of this scene, more often people just like doing stuff that others are into, and any excuse to get into bike riding (rather than other more lame pursuits) seems great to me. bike riding is a broad church, whatever others may think. I do like the narcissism and petty hatreds of small differences though - when I was a MTB racer I hated road riders, now I'm a road and track rider with Dulwich Paragon I hate London Dynamo ... |
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| 22nd July 2008 | #27 |
 | I think there is room for people to talk inain nonsense to one another, its entertaining. Ive asked some stupid arsed questions in this forum and got a beasting for it. And rightly so, but I have seen some people asking good questions, i.e. techy questions or questions on supply of parts, and had an equal roasting for it when all they needed was info. I dont subscribe to the naming of groups (mostly cos i don't understand which groups are which) but some folks like to ridicule before helping out. Thats what makes me cry at night. |
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and paradoxically, this 'board' has far more chat about riding than most, the key to it being that most of the longstanding members actually know each other and ride regularly. in fact, it's much more of a cycling club than a forum, fulfilling a social function too. which explains why members get a bit prickly, defensive, guarded at times, and also share in-jokes and off topic conversations. talking about bike shops and discussing colourschemes are pretty important topics. lose the attitude and fuck off. Last edited by pj (pj); 22nd July 2008 at 14:00.. | |
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