Fixies are really going to passe soon!

http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/newsitem.php?id=24245

PiledHigher Wrote:
http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/newsitem.php?id=24245

I hereby predict early 1980's MTB's to be the next **Big Thing**.

Forget about 42:12, hip 'n grovvy is now 48:38:28.

With a Adamas gruppo mix.


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cfsmtb

cfsmtb wrote:
PiledHigher Wrote:
http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/newsitem.php?id=24245

I hereby predict early 1980's MTB's to be the next **Big Thing**.

Forget about 42:12, hip 'n grovvy is now 48:38:28.

With a Adamas gruppo mix.



So when will the orange and purple monsters become hip? Still got yours
just in case Tim?

DaveB

DaveB wrote:

So when will the orange and purple monsters become hip? Still got yours
just in case Tim?

DaveB

was riding behind someone on one of those things last weekend on the
1:20 (going downhill).
she was scooting along at around 50kph on that beast, and is certainly
a lot braver than me in doing so

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PiledHigher Wrote:
http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/newsitem.php?id=24245

I hereby predict early 1980's MTB's to be the next **Big Thing**.

Forget about 42:12, hip 'n grovvy is now 48:38:28.

With a Adamas gruppo mix.


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cfsmtb

Either that or Raleigh 3spd bikes complete with full gear case.

coaster brakes !


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Marx SS

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:07:52 +1000, cfsmtb wrote:

Forget about 42:12, hip 'n grovvy is now 48:38:28.

Hmm. Got one of those, with Suntour written on it. No, you can't have it.

Dave - who may end up putting it on the retro-ish singlespeed.

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Dave Hughes |
"Sanity is like money; you should just have enough to get by. Any more
and you turn into a freak" - rone, ASR

On 2006-08-10, dej (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

DaveB wrote:

So when will the orange and purple monsters become hip? Still got yours
just in case Tim?

Yup. Don't know about bothering to take it North though. Depends how
much spare room in the truck.

was riding behind someone on one of those things last weekend on the
1:20 (going downhill).
she was scooting along at around 50kph on that beast, and is certainly
a lot braver than me in doing so

I hit about 75km/h down the warrandyte hill on my first BR. For quite
a while, I was faster that time than I was once I got the roady.
There is one benefit to a heavy extremely non-twitchy bike

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TimC
We are no longer the knights who say "ni"
We are the knights who say "icky icky (Comet) Ikeya-Zhang zoooboing!"
--Lord Ender on /.

On 2006-08-10, Marx SS wrote:

coaster brakes !



Coaster brake are so last year, bring back 1 inch chains and seats so
high you need pegs frame to step up on.

J