I knew Dave, and remember him well. He's too cool for that, unless he's had
change in hormone levels to allow you to ride one of his bikes and not be a
regular fellow.
Ted
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
> Jeez, Ted, how do you know I don't have a few tats, a couple of piercings
> and pink hair to go with my David Brink 1982 perfect road bike?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ternst <ternst1@cox.net>
> To: Earle Young <earle.young@tds.net>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: CR Fixed gear
>
>
>> I know. But you described them so well, I just was making it easy for you
> to
>> consolidate.
>> The few exceptions usually make the rule.
>> Ted Ernst,couldn't make the Cirque,
>> Palos Verdes Estates, CA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Earle Young" <earle.young@tds.net>
>> To: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 6:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: CR Fixed gear
>>
>>
>> > Now don't be mean. "Fixie" riders ride bicycles, too, however bizarre.
>> > Some
>> > of them even know what classics are all about.
>> > The SUVs and their occupants are to heinous to lump in with any other
>> > group.
>> > Earle "my fixie is CR timeline correct if otherwise totally wrong"
>> > Young
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: ternst <ternst1@cox.net>
>> > To: Earle Young <earle.young@tds.net>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 12:29 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [CR]Re: CR Fixed gear
>> >
>> >
>> >> I like Earle's take, and readily agree with his description of that
>> >> sub-culture element of our society.
>> >> Put both those groups in a canvass sack, tie shut the opening and
>> >> start
>> >> pelting the sack with wornout bike parts like clusters, cranks, stems,
>> >> pedals, etc., and no matter where the toss hits, you can't make a
>> >> mistake.
>> >> Ted Ernst
>> >> Palos Verdes Estates, CA
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Earle Young" <earle.young@tds.net>
>> >> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>> >> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 6:11 AM
>> >> Subject: [CR]Re: CR Fixed gear
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Ted Ernst said:
>> >> >> "Fixie" is a yuppie out of timeline vulgarism, and should be banned
>> >> >> forever from useage under penalty of excommunication.
>> >> >>
>> >> > I will agree that "fixie" is out of timeline and probably should be
>> > banned
>> >> > (although I ride a "fixie" now and again), but I don't agree it is a
>> >> > yuppie
>> >> > term. Yuppies are the young urban professionals who run us off the
> road
>> > in
>> >> > their SUVs and BMWs while talking on the phone, eating their
> breakfast
>> > and
>> >> > doing their eye makeup.
>> >> > "Fixie" is more a slacker term, or a grunge term, or even an
>> >> > anti-YUP
>> >> > term.
>> >> > It is a coinage of the tattoo, piercing and anarchy set copying the
> new
>> >> > urban outlaw messenger types. "Yo, fixie!"
>> >> > But this rant is so far out of timeline and off topic that I'm going
>> >> > out
>> >> > to
>> >> > the garage to check the glue on my Clement silks to see if I can
>> >> > ride
>> >> > my
>> >> > PX-10 today.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earle "I straddle the timelines" Young
>> >> > Madison, Wisc.