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Phlegmscope 03.28.2006 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chabib
as long as it isn't a kryptonite NY lock, you can cut it with a hacksaw. if it's a krypto, you can do it with an angle grinder.


Well the bike is trashed anyway. Tires deteriorated, rust everywhere and stuff. So many parts should be replaced by now and the frame is wrong size for me anyway. I don't care.

Toilet & Bowels 03.28.2006 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chabib
i do CM in new york--which, if you haven't heard, involves police chases which include: the cops driving SUV's thru crowds of cyclists, then stopping short and opening their doors into oncoming cyclists; cops on motorscooters who will t-bone and/or intentionally collide with yr wheels to damage yr bike and cuse you to wreck; cops with safety netting who run out of nowhere to net off intersections and tackle cyclists; car and motorcycle chases of cyclists against oncoming traffic and on sidewalks; surveilance by multiple police helicopters; undercover NYPD agent provocateurs who try to get the mass to ride down the FDR Drvie and west side drive; cops with portable angle grinders who illegally cut the lock off of yr bike if you lock up and get away by foot or are at an afterparty; arrests/jail time for traffic violations; etc.


wait, this is a passtime where people get chased by the police??? or am i missing the point?

Disgruntled Youth 03.28.2006 08:04 PM


 

Me about to go down a bridge


 

Going downhill

I enjoy the shit out of mountain bicking. I rode with a crew in Miami WWW.Dirtdogs.org Oleta state park has good intermidiate trails & Markhum park is downright scary. I hope to hit trails here in Ky but, I know I'll get some major downhill drops out here. I've had all kinda shit happend once I was riding without a helmet and I almost ran into a tree faceplant but I put my forearm and that braced my face, I've gone over the handle bars pleanty & I've been stabbed by the front gear in the back of my calf. Still love it !!!

raycharlescansee 03.28.2006 08:24 PM

I have a 98 Gary Fisher Hoo Koo e Koo. I ride about 30 miles a day when the weather is nice. I try to commute to work as much as possible but the combination of weather, crazy drivers and me not being a morning person limits that.

chabib 03.28.2006 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels
wait, this is a passtime where people get chased by the police??? or am i missing the point?


it's kind of become that. check this blog for details:

http://bikeblog.blogspot.com

golden child 03.28.2006 08:34 PM

yeah ive heard about that in new york

here we have a group of like 15-20, our only trouble is other cars trying to pass and then yelling at us and shit. people here are jackasses

golden child 03.28.2006 08:44 PM

im pretty surprised i havent been hit, when i ride on the street cars go by and say GET ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE YOU BELONG and then speed past me in the median of the road between me and the other lane. its crazy, cars think they own the road

raycharlescansee 03.28.2006 08:53 PM

I've been hit twice in the last year while riding my bike to work. People have no respect for bikes.

RIPfrey05 03.28.2006 09:01 PM

wtf.. critical mass sounds crazy.....man!

RIPfrey05 03.28.2006 09:06 PM

o rly?!?!?!
id do it!~!!!

RIPfrey05 03.28.2006 09:09 PM

back to that tall bike thing...whats the point of that??
is it to kick people in the face??
thats mean
i saw them weld some bikes in a japanther video..it was the black label guys!

RIPfrey05 03.28.2006 09:21 PM

watch me gat wetter than a NAVY SEAL!
 

 

chabib 03.28.2006 09:24 PM

yeah. one of the guys in that video has his own custom frame building business in brooklyn. http://www.coastouttabrooklyn.com

marleypumpkin 03.28.2006 09:27 PM

SKATEBOARDING! much cooler

marleypumpkin 03.28.2006 09:29 PM

Ah, no. Skateboarding has always been cooler than bike riding. That's just the way it is. Deal w/ it.

chabib 03.28.2006 09:33 PM

watch some of this guy's alleycat race videos.
http://www.digave.com/videos/

monstertrack, rumble thru the bronx, drag race, etc. he's shot some great stuff.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham 03.28.2006 09:35 PM

I love biking but not as much as walking, eccept for it being faster. Riding around here though sucks. Drivers have no respect for people on bikes.

raycharlescansee 03.28.2006 09:40 PM

Has anyone seen "the Collective" DVD. It's more of a film than a bike video. They did a really great job. Check it out if you get a chance.

http://www.thecollectivefilm.com/

chabib 03.28.2006 09:56 PM

here's a good one:
http://www.petersutherland.net/Pedal.mov

here's the trailer for what's purported to be a black label doc, but is in fact, not quite:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...did=489 05898

chabib 03.28.2006 10:43 PM

did you see that girl get smashed by that cab???

jesus. apparently her bike was wrecked, but she got back up on a loaner bike and finished that race. *that* is badass.


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