Comments on: A Track Bike is a Thing of Beauty

By: hilz

hilz — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:29:03 +0000

those boys in the video were simply out-of-control nuts. gorgeous, yes, but crazy. and beautiful. i’ve got gears, but i still FEEL like those kids looked when i ride my bike. yay, bikes!

everyone’s riding a fixie out here in SF. so much so that some cheeky street stencils have popped up all over the mission that say:
“your fixie makes you look fat.”

be careful, marky. sheesh.

(i’m old, ok, so what.)

By: magdalenus

magdalenus — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:45:29 +0000

I can’t WAIT to try the high wheel! Yes!

By: lord_whimsy

lord_whimsy — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:09:30 +0000

You should try my highwheel–it’s a fixed gear. Reverse wheelies will get your attention, for certain.

By: magdalenus

magdalenus — Tue, 01 May 2007 21:47:10 +0000

Mr. Buy-those-keirin-racing-straps-just-in-case, eh? Those musta been the days. Ha!

No, A, I can’t imagine you riding one. We still need to get you a comfy cruiser for the summertime!

By: A

Tue, 01 May 2007 20:29:00 +0000

cool video though.

By: A

Tue, 01 May 2007 20:28:17 +0000

Can you imagine me riding one of those around Mark? How scared would you be to ride bikes around the city with me then, eh? heh heh. scary.

By: joshua

joshua — Tue, 01 May 2007 18:53:03 +0000

that video rules. it makes me think of once scene in quicksilver when everybody rides some kind of circus-style fixed.

i love the new look of your site, too, bro.

and i still ride my fixed, but not like i used to. riding backwards down the stairs is harder than it looks. all those dudes were way into riser bars for some reason, too.

-as for the phenomena, i don’t know. i used to think that it was better to have some busted “track bike” instead of a decent road bike, then i was mr. buy those keirin racing straps just in case, and now i’m older, have health insurance, and hardly ever do one-handed skids downhill in traffic.