tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post45965638221820429..comments2023-09-13T15:54:37.447+01:00Comments on Stranded on Gaia: I have met them at close of dayCycles Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-67817326198944640512009-01-22T08:52:00.000+00:002009-01-22T08:52:00.000+00:00I could do a trackstand ON Mark Kermode if we coul...I could do a trackstand ON Mark Kermode if we could just get him to stay still.Dave Whytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16802273986001381607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-39135352024864251132009-01-21T15:19:00.000+00:002009-01-21T15:19:00.000+00:00Dave:Succinct and useful. Many thanks.So you can d...<B>Dave:</B><BR/>Succinct and useful. <BR/><BR/>Many thanks.<BR/><BR/>So you can do a track stand and be on Mark Kermode? I really kind of hate you now.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-59794424292303608882009-01-21T15:10:00.000+00:002009-01-21T15:10:00.000+00:00The secret to a good track stand is to have at lea...The secret to a good track stand is to have at least your front wheel on an upward slope, just an inch or two, even if it's a bump in the road or the edge of a pothole. <BR/><BR/>Pedals level**, bars turned slightly towards your leading foot, no brakes at all, just gently inch the front wheel forward a little and then let it fall back. And you just keep doing that. Keep your eye on the front wheel and rock your baby until the light goes green.<BR/><BR/>**Of course, leveling the pedals is the hard part on a fixed gear; good luck practising your endos, and try not to die!Dave Whytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16802273986001381607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-13058303501705923792009-01-15T09:10:00.000+00:002009-01-15T09:10:00.000+00:00Annie:Save your impressed for when I can actually ...<B>Annie:</B><BR/>Save your impressed for when I can actually do it. Then you might want to make it adoration.<BR/><BR/><B>Pyjamas Cat:</B><BR/>Um, kind of no. I mean, you could probably get some Argos piece of ten stone shit for that price but saving for a couple of months and spending around $350 would be a much better idea.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-61862632573393677472009-01-15T01:17:00.000+00:002009-01-15T01:17:00.000+00:00any ideas for a cheap bike? possibly around 100eur...any ideas for a cheap bike? possibly around 100euro?<BR/><BR/>btw weaving in and out of the morning rush hour (pedestrian) traffic in central tokyo. A must.Typhoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10303771450066794826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-47483548758101865742009-01-14T23:38:00.000+00:002009-01-14T23:38:00.000+00:00I had to google what it is you're trying to do. I ...I had to google what it is you're trying to do. I found this clip:<BR/><BR/>http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XLGnnIK8M8w<BR/><BR/>I'm dead impressed. Hope I pull up next to you at a red light one day.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793047799910670620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-74602376854549498622009-01-14T23:09:00.000+00:002009-01-14T23:09:00.000+00:00Twenty Major:Or maybe you're just like your father...<B>Twenty Major:</B><BR/>Or maybe you're just like your father, too bold.<BR/><BR/>Or 2 bold, if you insist.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-87904771411106088552009-01-14T23:03:00.000+00:002009-01-14T23:03:00.000+00:00Maybe I'm just too demanding...Maybe I'm just too demanding...Twenty Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371000451615091448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-49659397303908978852009-01-14T21:45:00.000+00:002009-01-14T21:45:00.000+00:00Twenty Major:I'll just colour you fucking picky fo...<B>Twenty Major:</B><BR/>I'll just colour you fucking picky for the moment, shall I?Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-11718070932089000922009-01-14T16:42:00.000+00:002009-01-14T16:42:00.000+00:00Let's see him do that on a fold-up Triumph, then c...Let's see him do that on a fold-up Triumph, then colour me impressed.Twenty Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371000451615091448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-75646252174119153852009-01-14T15:53:00.000+00:002009-01-14T15:53:00.000+00:00Grimsaburger:Sigh indeed. At least you have the li...<B>Grimsaburger:</B><BR/>Sigh indeed. At least you have the lifetime of joy and misery to look forward to.<BR/><BR/>You just keep pedalling. Really, doesn't take at all long to adapt and once you do, it's indescribably wonderful.<BR/><BR/><B>Gav:</B><BR/>I'm guessing that was the last time you were on a bike. Or has our downturn turned you from Alpha to Kona?Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-32970821917965803792009-01-14T15:35:00.000+00:002009-01-14T15:35:00.000+00:00I won the slow bicycle race on my Banana Bike in t...I won the slow bicycle race on my Banana Bike in the Malahide Festival ca. 1982, so let me know if you want any pointers.Gavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212482325868448511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-50717736477123276462009-01-14T14:15:00.000+00:002009-01-14T14:15:00.000+00:00Sigh, all this bike talk and we've got a foot of s...Sigh, all this bike talk and we've got a foot of snow and -20ºC wind chill. And by the time it melts and warms up enough to get out there again, I'll be about 50% fetus and too rotund to do anything about it.<BR/><BR/>So tell me, how do you manage to not kill yourself on a fixed-gear? I'm imagining that I would spend most of my time lurching over the handlebars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-44117084531852777622009-01-14T13:45:00.000+00:002009-01-14T13:45:00.000+00:00Fatmammycat:Totes! And they look sexy, to me.<B>Fatmammycat:</B><BR/>Totes! And they look sexy, to me.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-56347238149372865272009-01-14T11:02:00.000+00:002009-01-14T11:02:00.000+00:00They look really difficult to use, but I imagine t...They look really difficult to use, but I imagine they are totes necessary for sliding in and out of traffic.fatmammycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307960277363243051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-83794142764735130432009-01-14T10:56:00.000+00:002009-01-14T10:56:00.000+00:00Rosie:You're right. I was jealous and lashing out....<B>Rosie:</B><BR/>You're right. I was jealous and lashing out.<BR/><BR/><B>Conan</B><BR/>That would be hard on both my pedal and my front teeth as I flew over the handlebars to land on face first on the concrete.<BR/><BR/><B>Fatmammycat:</B><BR/>I have those! <BR/><BR/>I'm such a loser wannabe.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-39889686555173505052009-01-14T10:38:00.000+00:002009-01-14T10:38:00.000+00:00With their teeny tiny handlbars too.With their teeny tiny handlbars too.fatmammycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307960277363243051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-47798913993131878332009-01-14T10:20:00.000+00:002009-01-14T10:20:00.000+00:00I have in my time done the stationary on an old-st...I have in my time done the stationary on an old-style raleigh, front wheel turned slightly to the right and the brakes fully locked on. Other thing I used to do, if there was a good-sized kerb, was bring the left pedal back and hard down on the kerb so it kept the bike vertical as it came to a stop. Special joy came from doing it handsfree, bit hard on the pedal though.<BR/><BR/>Couriers are Class-A adrenalin junkies and they live at least eight hours a day in the saddle. It's a different league.Conan Drummhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377667084973491628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-24491213753419650282009-01-14T09:40:00.000+00:002009-01-14T09:40:00.000+00:00cheap tart? surely confining his affections to me ...cheap tart? surely confining his affections to me marks him out as a more discerning crumpet.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180283117498339278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-74744338982560243822009-01-14T09:37:00.000+00:002009-01-14T09:37:00.000+00:00Red Leeroy:Apparently so. Though it looks even fuc...<B>Red Leeroy:</B><BR/><A HREF="http://www.teamestrogen.com/content.ep?file=asa_trackstand" REL="nofollow">Apparently so.</A> Though it looks even fucking trickier.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-58354108524918582542009-01-14T09:26:00.000+00:002009-01-14T09:26:00.000+00:00I was always envious of the "stand" - is it possib...I was always envious of the "stand" - is it possible on non fixed gear steeds?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-54702336069436999732009-01-14T09:02:00.000+00:002009-01-14T09:02:00.000+00:00The Hangar Queen:Good woman, yourself. It's the ba...<B>The Hangar Queen:</B><BR/>Good woman, yourself. It's the backwards bit I have trouble with. <BR/><BR/>But I believe I will step outside right now and try a little scooching. <BR/><BR/><B>Rosie:</B><BR/>Yes! Though there's a least sixteen ginger dreadlocked couriers in the Greater Dublin area.<BR/><BR/>He never winked at me, the cheap tart.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-74664774961439157182009-01-14T08:39:00.000+00:002009-01-14T08:39:00.000+00:00is he the one with the ginger dreadlocks? he winks...is he the one with the ginger dreadlocks? he winks at me on baggot st bridge in the mornings.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180283117498339278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-33025210993221048212009-01-14T08:35:00.000+00:002009-01-14T08:35:00.000+00:00Sweet.You could see that 10 times a day from the i...Sweet.<BR/><BR/>You could see that 10 times a day from the inside of a car and never appreciate it.<BR/><BR/>Different tale on a bike.<BR/><BR/>Nearly there on the track stand but I did tear up my fave P.I. fleecies when I fucking bounced off the road a while back.<BR/><BR/>I only did it once though.The Hangar Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03539626951109481453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-92128369318609203042009-01-14T08:12:00.000+00:002009-01-14T08:12:00.000+00:00Radge:Motionless on a bike without removing feet f...<B>Radge:</B><BR/>Motionless on a bike without removing feet from pedals. Inertia is your friend in this case.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLGnnIK8M8w&feature=related" REL="nofollow">This example</A> is a little over the top and perhaps not what you want to try at the traffic lights.<BR/><BR/><B>Savannah:</B><BR/>You <I>are</I> hot shit on your cruiser bike. I feel it from all the way over here.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.com