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Old 28th August 2008   #1
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You know you're fixed gear crazy when...

...walking down the street together your girlfriend/boyfriend gets jealous of the attention you're paying other bikes
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Old 28th August 2008   #2
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haha... I sooooo agree.... but now my wife keep asking me is that one fixed... or single speed?
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Old 28th August 2008   #3
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..the word "fixed" in any sentence someone's saying makes you snap to attention / go a bit dreamy - for example the sentence "we can only offer you a fixed term contract".
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Old 28th August 2008   #4
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...you have just dismissed the first post because your girl/boyfriend walks - you roll very slow / trackstand..
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Old 28th August 2008   #5
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...walking down the street together your girl gets jealous of the attention you're paying other bikes
worse still when it's a hot girl on a hot bike
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Old 28th August 2008   #6
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I got caught checking someone out the other day by my wife. My reply was, "I look at bikes too!". Didn't work. Fail.
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Old 28th August 2008   #7
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oh dear, back onto girls rather than bikes.

this thread's got legs you know. Legs.......long, silky-thighed legs......
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Old 28th August 2008   #8
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worse still when it's a hot girl on a hot bike
...and you're looking at the bike.
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Old 28th August 2008   #9
DirtyD
when you spend half your day on this website rather than doing what you get paid to do
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Old 28th August 2008   #10
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when you spend half your day on this website rather than doing what you get paid to do
when you spend half your day on this website rather than looking for a job
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Old 28th August 2008   #11
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when you spend half your day on this website rather than looking for a job
when your job is just a place you go to sit between rides.
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Old 28th August 2008   #12
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... when your head turns, following a bike going past, and you don't even bother looking at the guy *on* the bike...
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Old 28th August 2008   #13
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... when you convince all your colleagues that they want Japan Centre takeaway for lunch, just so you can get on your bike to go pick it up...
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Old 28th August 2008   #14
picco
...when you live in an old factory without a shower for a year, although that's all about to change, eh FGL?
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Old 28th August 2008   #15
JDB
... you come back from holidays and half your photos are of bikes not sights.
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Old 28th August 2008   #16
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...you are surprised in an "oh yeah..that still exists" kind of way when someone rides by freewheeling.
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Old 28th August 2008   #17
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...you spend more on a wheel than on your girlfriend's birthday present. Whoops.
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Old 28th August 2008   #18
picco
most wheels cost more than a tenner
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Old 28th August 2008   #19
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....when your Mrs catches you looking over to your bike in the corner of the room while you're watching TV while cuddling on the sofa
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Old 28th August 2008   #20
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A mates mate got dumped by his Mrs few months back as he was spending too much time with his bike!! WTF!
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Old 28th August 2008   #21
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...when walking on the pavement with your missus and your bike your missus is always curbside.
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Old 28th August 2008   #22
PaNo
 
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...when all your long and short term plans involve a bike and/or a bike part.
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Old 28th August 2008   #23
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when you spend half your day on this website rather than doing what you get paid to do
I sometimes wonder how I get anything done at work. I think I have a problem...
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Old 28th August 2008   #24
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...spend time reading a thread like this one.
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Old 28th August 2008   #25
RPM
 
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Phil you cunt
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Old 28th August 2008   #26
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..you call someone a rude name because you realise there's loads of things you do that prove beyond doubt you've got a fixed gear problem..:D
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Old 28th August 2008   #27
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... you have to explain jokes and acronyms to your 'real' friends, who then don't find them funny.
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Old 28th August 2008   #28
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when you spend only half of the time you just to spend with your "normal" friends, and when they ask why you say, "I playing bike-polo" or "I have a ride to...."
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Old 28th August 2008   #29
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...walking down the street together your girlfriend/boyfriend gets jealous of the attention you're paying other bikes
good god my girlfriend got so terribly annoyed at that, that she end up noticing bike that has a singlespeed drivetrain, much to her dismayed.
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Old 28th August 2008   #30
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when you spend half your day on this website rather than doing what you get paid to do
*tick*
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Old 28th August 2008   #31
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...you have to check something on your bike everytime you walk anywhere near it in the house....
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Old 28th August 2008   #32
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...you start a thread about how you know you're fixed gear crazy when...
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Old 28th August 2008   #33
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when you spend half your day on this website rather than looking for a job
:(
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Old 28th August 2008   #34
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You use the Bike porn thread as real porn...
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Old 28th August 2008   #35
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when You Spend Half Your Day On This Website Rather Than Doing What You Get Paid To Do
*tick*
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you Use The Bike Porn Thread As Real Porn...
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Old 28th August 2008   #36