All I can do is quote @michael:
$27,250 for this POS. Don’t know if it’s worth an article or just a post, but for that price, I’d like my really cheap saddle set back properly.
The beautiful thing for us is that an Anatomy of a Photo piece can almost be the same as a post, which makes talking about such abominations easy. Helps put @Jeff in PetroMetro‘s $3300 Look 595 in perspective.
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@Marcus
I don't get it. Isn't that how everyone rides indoors?
@packfiller
Push me, pull you?
Here are some sweet Yellow Princesses to wear with this ride:
Between the Pharmy piss, the satchel, and the team kit, you assholes are seriously twisted.
@frank
Ronald McDonald's yellow princesses? Actually, just picturing him on that yellow POS & it all makes sense now
@Marcus
That needs to be in it's own Anatomy of a Video post.
He'd be wearing a matching Livestrong wristband, too...
I'm in Prague at the moment and a clothing store has a front window display featuring a "fixie." I'll try and get a photo of it. All white, white rims, white grips. Not like its a new trend, but still odd that junky fixies aren't just a plague in the U.S. but all over.
@Ron
I went to the mall (ugh x100) last week to pay a visit to the Church of St. Jobs (Apple Store), and I walked past a new store that is sort of like a Hot Topic and Spenser's Gifts combined. They had "Messenger Bikes" hanging in the windows, which were for sale inside the store for $399, and came with color-matched "deep" wheels and chains. I'm glad urban street cred is just a mall purchase away.
On the other hand, I saw a guy riding a classic-looking blue Bianchi yesterday, which was miraculously not converted into a fixie. It had all the gears in place, and the rider may as well have been a reader of this site, because he was obviously following The Rules. It made me happy inside to see that.
@mcsqueak He sounds like a fellow traveler - Anyone on a classic Bianchi is +1 in my book.
Why is it that we do not get that "happy inside" feeling as much as "I just threw up in my mouth" taste when viewing the passing throngs on bikes? As a transgressor as well as a strict follower of the Rules I make sure to keep a 3 to 1 ratio of Rules compliant to my one fixie folder Rule breaker. That means on the road, track and second road bike I am in V. kit and the bikes are not lumbered with saddle bags. On the commuter I am incognito in street clothes. I imagine that this relationship to bikes is similar in Europe where I have seen so many more kitted out riders. In their non road bike rides to the cafe, i.e. around the corner on the city bike, they go under the radar in street wear but they still manage to look good.
It raises the question of what do you wear on your $27,fricking000 piss yellow bike - but I guess this post has answered that!
Can someone with photo shop skills combine the jester, shoes and bike above? Oh and don't forget the bag... Thanks.
@Rob
Yes, it was refreshing to see one that wasn't bastardized to hell as a fixie, like 3/4 of them are in this city. On one hand, I'd rather see cyclists than cars, so the more the merrier, even if they are ignorant of The Rules. On the other hand, have some respect for vintage steel, and what in the name of Merckx is so bad about having some gosh darn gears, anyhow?
This guy would have made Frank proud too, he was very tall, and had plenty of seat post showing, with his bars slammed way down. He was even rocking a cycling cap in a non-ironic way, since he was also wearing proper kit.