Little Things You Hate

[pink poodle]

If anybody is thinking of coming to ride Glenrock or Awaba or anywhere near Newcastle in the near future, make sure you can ride in a bee keeper suit!

Just the welcome home gift I'm hoping for...freaking mozzies.

 

[stirk]

Hey I’m not the one who bough a hilux.

They were good 30 years ago.

Low blow.

I'm sure they're still good!

 

[binner]

Just the welcome home gift I'm hoping for...freaking mozzies.

where's my drink.....................

 

[pink poodle]

where's my drink.....................

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....bloody Mary?

 

[nathanm]

 

[FigBo0T]

I always thought fixie meant no free hub, like a track bike. Direct drive. Apparently these days it just means a single speed?

 

[beeb]

I always thought fixie meant no free hub, like a track bike. Direct drive. Apparently these days it just means a single speed?

It should only mean what you think, but all the hipsters adopted the name to anything with the right "look" and single speed because they think it just means "fixed speed" (ie: ratio).

 

[Ultra Lord]

I always thought fixie meant no free hub, like a track bike. Direct drive. Apparently these days it just means a single speed?

Nope. They’d be wrong.
It’s a common enough misconception.

 

[nathanm]

aaaaaaaaaaaand there's always the actual picture that shows 1 gear.

 

[FigBo0T]

Nope. They’d be wrong.
It’s a common enough misconception.

I used to work with a couple of track riders and that was what they used to tell me.

.... OK, you made me look it up ....

https://www.yellowjersey.co.uk/the-draft/whats-the-difference-between-single-speed-and-fixed-gear-bikes/

 

[FigBo0T]

aaaaaaaaaaaand there's always the actual picture that shows 1 gear.

My single cogged road bike has 3 gears in the hub. Is it a fixie, or a single speed?

 

[nathanm]

i would suppose the correct terminology for my particular bike would be a fixie/singlespeed given that it, like most of the current crop have a single cog with a flip flop hub. it could however be converted to a geared bike I assume. I was just surprised by the buyer seemingly having no knowledge of "fixie" style bike prior to enquiring. It's like enquiring about a rally car and asking if it's an automatic.

 

[moorey]

Can’t a rally car be automatic? Asking for a friend.

 

[nathanm]

Can’t a rally car be automatic? Asking for a friend.

If its a WRC car, tho'se lazy bugger's dont even shift for themselves th'ese day's.

 

[FigBo0T]

Can’t a rally car be automatic? Asking for a friend.

 

[moorey]

If its a WRC car, tho'se lazy bugger's dont even shift for themselves th'ese day's.

Can they use a comma in the right place?

 

[born-again-biker]

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Soft!

 

[FigBo0T]

Soft!

It's spelled m-i-l-l-e-n-n-i-a-l

 

[beeb]

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Someone needs to learn to use the clutch when shifting!

 

[droenn]

Truck drivers will be redundant pretty soon anyway, let them have their creature comforts.