starting to sound like what j edgar
said bout them dammed hippies
in the sixties...** __@ ** = \<._ *** (_)/ (_) "Dream like you'll live fo
rever, live like you'll die today." James Dean > From: emilyonwheels@emilys
domain.org> To: trvsstcky@yahoo.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subjec
t: Re: [CR]Fixies and us twenty something pricks> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 02:
21:39 +0000> > I'd certainly never say that all 20-somethings with tattoos
are pricks. Not even all 20'somethings with tattoos, tight cutoffs, and fix
ed gear bikes. (by the way, I'm 20-something, too) If you don't behave like
a moron on the road, then I'm not talking about you. But you can't deny th
at there is a certain culture of imitating messengers and getting pissy at
authority that surrounds the fixed gear image, even if you don't buy into i
t. Although, I belive that aspect of it is less central than it used to be
as fixed gear bikes have become more common and in popular use. And I do th
ink it's great if it gets more people on bikes and out of cars.> I still th
ink the whole frame-too-small style is kind of funny looking (yeah, it's a
style, I guess it makes it look more like an actual track bike if the saddl
e is a foot higher than the bars because the bike just doesn't fit).> > Emi
ly O'Brien> Medford, MA> > > > > -------Original Message-------> > From: Tr
avis Stuckey <trvsstcky@yahoo.com>> > Subject: [CR]Fixies and us twenty som
ething pricks> > Sent: 02 Dec '07 01:38> > > > Wow, I have been subscribing
this list for awhile now> > and I am not surprised you hate all of us twen
ty> > somethings with tattoos and opposing politics. Yeah I> > do have tatt
oos, am a union member, work skilled> > labor, organize protests, eat organ
ic, and live as> > green as possible. I also ride gears, brevets, and I> >
am training to ride RAAM in the next five years, you> > never know where or
what else the enemy rides for> > bikes. I do not collect bikes and put the
m in my> > living room, I ride them in the snow and cold and do> > not conv
ey a attitude. I guess the cycling world is> > full of ageists just like ev
erywhere else... Just> > remember we are the future, you will have to live
with> > us till you die.> > > > A fixie riddin tattooed syndicalist from so
uth dakota> > > > Travis Stuckey> > _______________________________________
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