>From time to time, it also produces a few dedicated vintage bicycle enthusi
asts. If it wasn't for the messengers that I saw on vintage steel in the s
treets of NYC ten years ago, I might not have purchased that first Somec tr
ack bike and found my way to Classic Rendezvous.
Matthew "rather see old steel on the road than hanging in your living room" Bowne Brooklyn, New York
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> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:07:22 -0800
> From: masi3v4me@yahoo.com
> Subject: RE: [CR] fixie thing has gone too far!
> To: Stronglight49@aol.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
> Just remember what the "fixie" crowd produces: Scrap metal and great pra
ctice for emergency medical technicians. BT
>
> Stronglight49@aol.com wrote: Well, with the powder coat the bike won't ge
t too scratched...
> when it throws him on his head.
>
> Nothing quite like:
>
> 1.) a low road bike bottom bracket
> 2.) long crank arms
> 3.) a fixed gear
> 4.) a wide road pedal
> 5.) a cocky first time fixie rider
>
> all entering a fast un-banked turn... to spell imminent disaster.
>
> I see a painful learning curve on someone's horizon.
> A long fall from a tall bike.
> I like it :-)
>
>
> BOB HANSON, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, USA
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