Bike blog thread

[Cadence]

Oh shit, are we trolling the trading post now? Is this going down?

[tjayk]

[quote=cookietruck]whoa. wth.
ur doin it backwards bro

http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2011/05/product_review_zambale_7_litre_1.php[/quote]

guess who commented on this?

[amy]

[quote=tjayk][quote=cookietruck]whoa. wth.
ur doin it backwards bro

http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2011/05/product_review_zambale_7_litre_1.php[/quote]

guess who commented on this?[/quote]

The zimbale website is full of some great engrish.

http://zimbale.com/front/php/search/search.php

[wickedwagon]

[quote=cookietruck]lolwut
don’t worry bro summer ain’t going nowhere for atleast 5 months

http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2011/05/recent_roll_touring_bike_antic.php#disqus_thread[/quote]
does that guy have to link to the post about this sweet new touring bike everytime he mentions his sweet new touring bike in one of his post?

[doofaux]

@Altoid

At first it looks like yet another Copenhagen tribute blog, but I like that not all of them are on fancy bikes (a surprising number of Huffys and Murrays!), that not all of them are dressed in fancy clothes, and that not all of them are young or stylish. Not necessarily my thing, but it works on its own terms and it’s not a fetish site. It’s also an actual resource—if you want to know what kind of bike to ride and what kind of clothes to wear to get around in Chicago in winter, you could do a lot worse than looking through these pictures.

totally have seen this person taking some of these pictures. always try to get in/ruin them, but apparently i have not succeeded

[bexley]

@wickedwagon

does that guy have to link to the post about this sweet new touring bike everytime he mentions his sweet new touring bike in one of his post?

Do events and possessions in your life really exist without blog posts to reify them?

Think about it.

[FIXIE_STAR]

@Altoid

At first it looks like yet another Copenhagen tribute blog, but I like that not all of them are on fancy bikes (a surprising number of Huffys and Murrays!), that not all of them are dressed in fancy clothes, and that not all of them are young or stylish. Not necessarily my thing, but it works on its own terms and it’s not a fetish site. It’s also an actual resource—if you want to know what kind of bike to ride and what kind of clothes to wear to get around in Chicago in winter, you could do a lot worse than looking through these pictures.

I dunno, but I think I get what he’s coming from. It’s like “OH MAN THIS WOMAN RIDES A BIKE, JUST LIKE US GUYS! I BET ME AND HER COULD TALK ABOUT BIKES FOR HOURS ON END BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT IN COMMON” and it’s comes off as putting them on a pedestal for doing a normal every day thing.

starts up a blog for photos of women who pick up gallons of milk

[Russell]

[quote=FIXIE STAR]
starts up a blog for photos of women who pick up gallons of milk[/quote]

…go on

[FIXIE_STAR]

[quote=Russell][quote=FIXIE STAR]
starts up a blog for photos of women who pick up gallons of milk[/quote]

…go on[/quote]

[euflavine]

@tarckeemoon

rust

Dude, patina!

[littletinyfish]

[quote=Russell][quote=FIXIE STAR]
starts up a blog for photos of women who pick up gallons of milk[/quote]

…go on[/quote]

This thread is bringin’ it.

[NOVELTYNAME]

A+ WRA

[Larry_Winget]

[quote=aerobear][quote=tjayk][quote=cookietruck]whoa. wth.
ur doin it backwards bro

http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2011/05/product_review_zambale_7_litre_1.php[/quote]

guess who commented on this?[/quote]

The zimbale website is full of some great engrish.

http://zimbale.com/front/php/search/search.php[/quote]

Rixen Kaul

[Altoid]

I am sick and tired of dealers who do not supply my products amicably. From now on I will only buy products from bicycle riding “Marias.”

[pixieshatintruck]

fuck that the only bike bags i will use from now on are ones i fashion myself from roadkill

[GrandmaJordan]

To bring up the topic from last week…

I think I’m Lovelybicycle’s target audience. I’m a woman, and I’m (more or less) new to cycling as an adult. I’ve been looking for blogs that will be informative and relatable. Sadly, LB doesn’t do it for me. I took a look at the blog, and clicked on the “Fixed Gear As Skill Builder” entry, which sounded up my alley. However, I stopped reading about 5 sentences in, right after this:

Riding a fixed gear roadbike is an experience that fills me with a special kind of enjoyment - I think because it combines the sensations of walking and flying (fly-walking?).

Seriously? Just because I am a woman and still new at cycling doesn’t mean you have to write for me as if I was recently lobotomized! Maybe some people enjoy this kind of thing, but I cannot deal. Fucking yikes.

[pixieshatintruck]

lulz
MISO GYNY

[Dickason_Daniel]

@Altoid

She’ll just show us up by getting involved in randonneuring, only to discover to her surprise that despite the pleasant lilt of the word it is less about gently twirling down to a local inn to fill a basket with warm bread than about middle aged hard men on crabon bikes vomiting and bragging about not being able to open doors.

tbh this has been mostly my reaction to randonneuring too.
I mean the bikes are pretty, and the luggage is pretty, but fuck riding 600k in the rain over 2 days on 2 1/2 hours of sleep. my uncle does ultramarathons; that shit is masochistic craziness. he has a fucking tackle box on wheels full of balms for when your nipples fall off and shit.

[quilbert420]

Riding a fixed gear roadbike is an experience that fills me with a special kind of enjoyment - I think because it combines the sensations of walking and flying (fly-walking?).

sounds like she found the zen.

[dougtruck]

@Sneaky Viking

he has a fucking tackle box on wheels full of balms for when your nipples fall off and shit

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