tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803144976327688451.post2141495636048941908..comments2024-03-15T01:19:36.314-04:00Comments on Research Trailer Park: What's Old is NewMike Daytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06558296158677358300noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803144976327688451.post-9592645120155750092009-12-11T08:12:16.024-05:002009-12-11T08:12:16.024-05:00I think it’s crazy how the whole fixie fad took of...I think it’s crazy how the whole fixie fad took off. FWIW, when I was a courier in NY only a very small percent of messengers rode fixgear bikes, most used road bikes and then later mountain bikes. You had to be a good cyclist to survive more than a few weeks on the streets, you had to be a really good cyclist to ride a fixie and you had to be a really, really, really good rider to ride a fixie with no brakes in traffic. Even Nelson Vails, http://davesbikeblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/nelsonvails.html, bike messenger and Olympic Silver Medal winning track rider didn’t ride a fixie for work. He rode a bike with 2 hand brakes AND a coaster brake according to an article he wrote in 1987 for Playboy. <br />I do know how the one speed trend took off though, after having a cable or derailleur break, it was just easier to chop the chain and make the bike into a one speed. I rode an entire summer on a 42x14 one speed after my rear derailleur gave out.<br /><br />Mike O.<br />Can Carriers<br />Prometheus CouriersMike O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13036761634724581993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803144976327688451.post-24151548296722255892009-12-10T10:16:57.538-05:002009-12-10T10:16:57.538-05:00Extremes in everything :-) http://news.bbc.co.uk/...Extremes in everything :-) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8403191.stm<br />Andysaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464803573474998355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803144976327688451.post-54370761541214102422009-12-08T12:15:09.387-05:002009-12-08T12:15:09.387-05:00Kind of like snow boarding on the water. The sport...Kind of like snow boarding on the water. The sport has come full circle. Next thing you know, we'll be calling you "Goofy Footed."Jerry Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08679719224198779605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803144976327688451.post-14033132442106035862009-12-08T10:10:41.705-05:002009-12-08T10:10:41.705-05:00Dear Doc,
Could not agree more. IMO, Holidays in ...Dear Doc,<br /><br />Could not agree more. IMO, Holidays in the Sun ranks as best opening album song ever.<br /><br />Best, Mike / RaleighMike Daytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06558296158677358300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803144976327688451.post-3022685856170610832009-12-08T10:04:14.742-05:002009-12-08T10:04:14.742-05:00The Sex Pistols ROCK!The Sex Pistols ROCK!Doctor on a bikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11250964218105821633noreply@blogger.com