RE: [CR] fixie thing has gone too far!

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From: "Julius Naim" <julius.naim@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [CR] fixie thing has gone too far!
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:31:39 +0000
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Yeah, the poor guy's gonna hurt himself... Julius Naim. London, UK
>> Well, with the powder coat the bike won't get too
>> scratched...
>> when it throws him on his head.
>>
>> Nothing quite like:
>>
>> 1.) a low road bike bottom bracket
>> 2.) long crank arms
>> 3.) a fixed gear
>> 4.) a wide road pedal
>> 5.) a cocky first time fixie rider
>>
>> all entering a fast un-banked turn... to spell
>> imminent disaster.
>>
>> I see a painful learning curve on someone's
>> horizon.
>> A long fall from a tall bike.
>> I like it :-)
>>
>>
>> BOB HANSON, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, USA
>
> i was thinking the same thing when i read that it had
> 175mm cranks. jeez. that's no fun with a low bottom
> bracket.
>
> jeff piwonka
> austin, texas, usa
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