OK, I don't have pink hair. And not only did he allow me to ride one of his
bikes, it is the first he built under his own name. You may think that makes
me a regular fellow, but when I ride that bike, even 23 years after I got
it, I feel pretty special.
Earle Young,
Madison, WI
> I knew Dave, and remember him well. He's too cool for that, unless he's
had
> change in hormone levels to allow you to ride one of his bikes and not be
a
> regular fellow.
> Ted
> Palos Verdes Estates, CA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Earle Young" <earle.young@tds.net>
> To: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: CR Fixed gear
>
>
> > Jeez, Ted, how do you know I don't have a few tats, a couple of
piercings
> > and pink hair to go with my David Brink 1982 perfect road bike?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: ternst <ternst1@cox.net>
> > To: Earle Young <earle.young@tds.net>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CR]Re: CR Fixed gear
> >
> >
> >> I know. But you described them so well, I just was making it easy for
you
> > to
> >> consolidate.
> >> The few exceptions usually make the rule.
> >> Ted Ernst,couldn't make the Cirque,
> >> Palos Verdes Estates, CA
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Earle Young" <earle.young@tds.net>
> >> To: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 6:25 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: CR Fixed gear
> >>
> >>
> >> > Now don't be mean. "Fixie" riders ride bicycles, too, however
bizarre.
> >> > Some
> >> > of them even know what classics are all about.
> >> > The SUVs and their occupants are to heinous to lump in with any other
> >> > group.
> >> > Earle "my fixie is CR timeline correct if otherwise totally wrong"
> >> > Young
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: ternst <ternst1@cox.net>
> >> > To: Earle Young <earle.young@tds.net>;
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> >> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 12:29 AM
> >> > Subject: Re: [CR]Re: CR Fixed gear
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> I like Earle's take, and readily agree with his description of that
> >> >> sub-culture element of our society.
> >> >> Put both those groups in a canvass sack, tie shut the opening and
> >> >> start
> >> >> pelting the sack with wornout bike parts like clusters, cranks,
stems,
> >> >> pedals, etc., and no matter where the toss hits, you can't make a
> >> >> mistake.
> >> >> Ted Ernst
> >> >> Palos Verdes Estates, CA
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "Earle Young" <earle.young@tds.net>
> >> >> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> >> >> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 6:11 AM
> >> >> Subject: [CR]Re: CR Fixed gear
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > Ted Ernst said:
> >> >> >> "Fixie" is a yuppie out of timeline vulgarism, and should be
banned
> >> >> >> forever from useage under penalty of excommunication.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> > I will agree that "fixie" is out of timeline and probably should
be
> >> > banned
> >> >> > (although I ride a "fixie" now and again), but I don't agree it is
a
> >> >> > yuppie
> >> >> > term. Yuppies are the young urban professionals who run us off the
> > road
> >> > in
> >> >> > their SUVs and BMWs while talking on the phone, eating their
> > breakfast
> >> > and
> >> >> > doing their eye makeup.
> >> >> > "Fixie" is more a slacker term, or a grunge term, or even an
> >> >> > anti-YUP
> >> >> > term.
> >> >> > It is a coinage of the tattoo, piercing and anarchy set copying
the
> > new
> >> >> > urban outlaw messenger types. "Yo, fixie!"
> >> >> > But this rant is so far out of timeline and off topic that I'm
going
> >> >> > out
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > the garage to check the glue on my Clement silks to see if I can
> >> >> > ride
> >> >> > my
> >> >> > PX-10 today.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Earle "I straddle the timelines" Young
> >> >> > Madison, Wisc.