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    Is there any way we can start a campaign to stop cyclists from giving each other dirty looks?
    Especially the fixed gear crowd. I'm tired of riding by other people and getting dirty looks or frowns.

    You're riding a damn bicycle. Remember when that was fun?

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    Cosign.

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      CommentAuthorhuss
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008 edited
     

    The biking world is so funny, even in the fixed crowd.

    Most bikers are a odd breed, but yea, smile your riding a bike. Just do it...

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      CommentAuthoralex
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    I just saw a woman riding fixed down Ankeny singing at the top of her lungs. It was awesome and I smiled.

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    Wish I was brave enough to sing loud and ride. Can't help smiling though when I am out there.

    • CommentAuthoryetti_core
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    the other day this kid that looked like slash(of guitar hero fame) was riding down the sidewalk on belmont with a little kids bmx(zoobomb style) and a humungous messenger bag....i yelled "small bike big bag". we both just laughed heartily.

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    And my campaign begins....

    • CommentAuthorkrystenr
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    Haha, did you make that, Max? Or did you find it somewhere?
    It always bums me out when I hear people say things like, "I'd love to ride with you sometime, but I just ride a geared bike. Is that okay?"
    They assume that they'll get made fun of for not riding fixed. That's shitty.

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    I made it. I'm sitting on a couple more to be released over time.

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    I actually really want to make this into a sticker.

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      CommentAuthorahnichols
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    i'd rock that sticker on my fender. I'm all smiles when I'm riding, except when it's raining, then I'm frowning to try and keep the dirty water from splashing in my mouth!

    • CommentAuthorkrystenr
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    Haha, I'm usually sporting a nice big smile. If I'm riding with someone else I usually sing and shout weird random things, especially to pedestrians and people in stopped cars. I don't really know why. Or why I only do it when I'm with someone else. I'm strange.

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      CommentAuthorzacp
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    yeah! Sunday, after riding with max and itsdirtycauseirideit, I got a "Hey! Nice helmet!" from one of a group of about 50 spandex riders. I was not wearing a helmet, but I don't think that kind of animosity is necessary at all. Same day, on the way to work, I slowly and cautiously rolled through an all-way stop, only to have another biker yell at me, "Nice stop!". Fuck that. We might have different thoughts about cycling, but bottom line is, i dont care who you are, or why you ride. Im fucking stoked that you are on a bike of any kind. Its none of your fucking business if I wear a helmet or come to a complete stop at a stop sign. leave me the fuck alone if you dont have anything positive to say.

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      CommentAuthorMax is NOW!
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008 edited
     

    EIDT: Although I am proud of my story, I realized I was being negative. I'm trying not to be negative. It's damn hard.

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      CommentAuthorhuss
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     
    zacp:

    yeah! Sunday, after riding with max and itsdirtycauseirideit, I got a "Hey! Nice helmet!" from one of a group of about 50 spandex riders. I was not wearing a helmet, but I don't think that kind of animosity is necessary at all. Same day, on the way to work, I slowly and cautiously rolled through an all-way stop, only to have another biker yell at me, "Nice stop!". Fuck that. We might have different thoughts about cycling, but bottom line is, i dont care who you are, or why you ride. Im fucking stoked that you are on a bike of any kind. Its none of your fucking business if I wear a helmet or come to a complete stop at a stop sign. leave me the fuck alone if you dont have anything positive to say.

    Amen.......

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    Max is NOW!:

    And my campaign begins....

    LOVE IT! Tell me when the stickers are made.

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      CommentAuthoralex
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     
    Max is NOW!:

    And my campaign begins....

    Sell that shit online. Cafepress or whatever.

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    krystenr:

    It always bums me out when I hear people say things like, "I'd love to ride with you sometime, but I just ride a geared bike. Is that okay?"
    They assume that they'll get made fun of for not riding fixed. That's shitty.

    seriously. i'm totally supportive of anyone riding any sort of bicycle.

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      CommentAuthorjvandub
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     
    zacp:

    yeah! Sunday, after riding with max and itsdirtycauseirideit, I got a "Hey! Nice helmet!" from one of a group of about 50 spandex riders. I was not wearing a helmet, but I don't think that kind of animosity is necessary at all. Same day, on the way to work, I slowly and cautiously rolled through an all-way stop, only to have another biker yell at me, "Nice stop!". Fuck that. We might have different thoughts about cycling, but bottom line is, i dont care who you are, or why you ride. Im fucking stoked that you are on a bike of any kind. Its none of your fucking business if I wear a helmet or come to a complete stop at a stop sign. leave me the fuck alone if you dont have anything positive to say.

    You know Zac we don't actually have to stop at 4-ways anyways. I'm pretty sure that's not a law that extends to bicycles or I'm just talking out of my ass.

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    I heard we can actually do whatever the hell we want. At least thats what Dillon told me.

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      CommentAuthorjvandub
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     
    Max is NOW!:

    EIDT: Although I am proud of my story, I realized I was being negative. I'm trying not to be negative. It's damn hard.

    I sure enjoyed it... It reminds me of how mad I get at people for wearing clothing when it's obviously too hot outside to be wearing anything.

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      CommentAuthorMax is NOW!
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008 edited
     

    I just think its funny that people think certain subculture is hands off.
    Especially a tech kid like me. Everything I have ever loved has become a massively distributed item.
    Except for Laserdisc....whatever happened.

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      CommentAuthorjvandub
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    You can buy those things for real cheap at the Salvation army. I don't know of any tech examples that are hands off except for possibly.... http://gizmodo.com/375110/the-hilarity-of-the-farting-clock-will-never-ever-get-old this is the one exception I know.

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      CommentAuthord3fold
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     
    Max is NOW!:

    I heard we can actually do whatever the hell we want. At least thats what Dillon told me.

    I can neither confirm or deny that conversation ever took place.

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      CommentAuthord3fold
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    On a side note, I threw my u-lock and broke a vans tail light yesterday because they pulled out in front of me. It was like the 3rd failure to yield in like 5 min I was getting a little upset.

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    Do you have it tethered to you for easy retrieval after throws?

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    Oh and I saw the Mini Cooper I damaged on sunday afternoon. The mirror was still dangling helplessly.

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      CommentAuthorbschultz
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    I am a constant victim of disapproval in the form of lazer bitch rays sent from the eyes of lyrca-clad Madone 6.5 riders. Whatever... have fun in your amateur road races, dicks.

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      CommentAuthorhuss
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    Poor little Mini Cooper...hahaha

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    Hey Zacp, I get that kinda shit from the roadies all the time, and I yell back "thanks for the tip, fucking lance armstrong" or something about them being fat...

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    d3fold:

    On a side note, I threw my u-lock and broke a vans tail light yesterday because they pulled out in front of me. It was like the 3rd failure to yield in like 5 min I was getting a little upset.

    i've been there. same situation, except it went thru some lady's passenger window, i was freaked they'd fingerprint it and go all CSI on me. Then I realized that she probably didn't even report it.

    Now I just scrape my unplugged bar end down the side of the car..

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    oh and if you are reading this and thing of your response being something like" we dont need that kind of behavior attributed to "our" kind etc.." well just save that shit for someone who hasn't been right hooked a few times a week for YEARS.

    I used to have that kinda live and let live mentality, but I've been turned to the dark side by careless soccer moms yakking away on cell phones, asshole rednecks who don't wanna share and fuckface cops write tickets for stop sign infractions when NO ONE else is even present at the intersection.

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    Oh and about the original topic of this thread ,

    Max there are asses in every sport, hobby or interest.

    just choose to associate with the good ones.

    even the downtown messenger guys can come off prickly sometimes, well they are so used to getting static from every direction it's kind of a defense mechanism. I'm not saying they are all nice cuddly guys and gals, but the majority of the ones I have met and talked with for any length of time are genuine, good people.

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      CommentAuthorbschultz
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    Fair enough, white folks.

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    Oh I know theres asses. I just wanted to make stickers.

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      CommentAuthorzacp
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     
    white folks:
    d3fold:

    On a side note, I threw my u-lock and broke a vans tail light yesterday because they pulled out in front of me. It was like the 3rd failure to yield in like 5 min I was getting a little upset.

    i've been there. same situation, except it went thru some lady's passenger window, i was freaked they'd fingerprint it and go all CSI on me. Then I realized that she probably didn't even report it.

    Now I just scrape my unplugged bar end down the side of the car..

    I think I yelled back something to the effect of "nice leotard!" to the first dude...

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    i felt kinda weird letting you (zacp) ride into that sea of neon man........

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      CommentAuthorjvandub
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     
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      CommentAuthorhuss
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    Yea, I'm all for that.

    • CommentAuthorkrystenr
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    I third that notion.

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      CommentAuthorfreebird
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    Maybe the one good thing about the time I spent living in Idaho is that you don't have to stop at stop signs.

    If you live in a town that has a stop sign.

    • CommentAuthorDoJe
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     
    white folks:
    d3fold:

    On a side note, I threw my u-lock and broke a vans tail light yesterday because they pulled out in front of me. It was like the 3rd failure to yield in like 5 min I was getting a little upset.

    i've been there. same situation, except it went thru some lady's passenger window, i was freaked they'd fingerprint it and go all CSI on me. Then I realized that she probably didn't even report it.

    Now I just scrape my unplugged bar end down the side of the car..

    I would also like to add another great FU opportunity for anyone who wears cleats. Ride along the vehicle that is upsetting you (if you get the chance to), uncleat your foot from your pedal, stick your leg out, and WAL-LA. They have a nice cleat mark that runs down the length of their car. Then you can be back on your ways and you don't loose a quality bike par, such as a U-lock.

    I guess this is a really negative post, though. Considering the post was supposed to be about anti-negativity between cyclists, LOL

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    I'm not gonna chastise anyone for their actions against intimidating drivers. It's just a piece of metal. If I almost shot you with my gun and you decide to scratch it, I would think that was pretty fair.
    I'm 6'3" and around 260lbs. But a 2,000lb car can take me down any day.

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    Also on the issue of legislation, I really think bikes should have their own laws. Motorcycles do in a lot of states, why not bikes?

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      CommentAuthorzacp
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     
    itsdirtybecauseiride:

    i felt kinda weird letting you (zacp) ride into that sea of neon man........

    I didn't die... but it put a damper on my day for a while.

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      CommentAuthorzelah
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     

    i didn't read this thread but jackasses keep driving down the wrong side of the street on SW Hall

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    i was being overly dramatic.....but the thought of you turning off with all them neon asses did kinda creep me out after we were having a good talk about music....

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    d3fold:

    On a side note, I threw my u-lock and broke a vans tail light yesterday because they pulled out in front of me. It was like the 3rd failure to yield in like 5 min I was getting a little upset.

    gnarly. did you retrieve it?

    it would be awesome to have a u-lock with some sort of retractable mechanism attached to your bag. like those keychains but way beefy.

    • CommentAuthorkrystenr
    • CommentTimeApr 17th 2008 edited
     
    deliciousfuture:

    it would be awesome to have a u-lock with some sort of retractable mechanism attached to your bag. like those keychains but way beefy.

    Some spiderman shit, hell yeah!

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    Spiderman didn't have retractable webbing. And thanks for making me feel like a geek.

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