tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post2518488647334767796..comments2024-03-27T07:25:55.115-04:00Comments on Bike Snob NYC: Everybody's working for the weekend.BikeSnobNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-34986731605236661392016-09-12T11:42:14.583-04:002016-09-12T11:42:14.583-04:00well i did try the vodka & sodie and it was be...<br />well i did try the vodka & sodie and it was better than i expected. but i think i'll still stick to my scotch and sodie. it seems cleaner with a nice touch. i use a glen morangie lasanta. probably makes a diff with different types given scotch is so varied.<br /><br />drink well my friends<br /><br />and don't let the bed bugs biteSpokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634249104084545065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-68550474186250845172016-09-12T09:20:53.960-04:002016-09-12T09:20:53.960-04:00Of course, a camouflaged e-fatbike for hunting..(s...Of course, a camouflaged e-fatbike for hunting..(slaps forehead)....followed by the latest from Silca's line of tools for tool fetishistsdopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-9414210925604629922016-09-12T08:21:37.571-04:002016-09-12T08:21:37.571-04:00Dear DOP
The Pockylips arrived in 2014, you are n...Dear DOP<br />The <a href="http://www.outsideonline.com/1926201/felt-outfitter-e-fat-bike" rel="nofollow">Pockylips </a> arrived in 2014, you are now seeing the result.BamaPhrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-4591921005456321942016-09-12T07:57:41.620-04:002016-09-12T07:57:41.620-04:00Just spied an e-fatbike ..., world coming to an en...Just spied an e-fatbike ..., world coming to an enddancesonpedalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00164303442656489828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-69152813708233993852016-09-12T06:22:31.341-04:002016-09-12T06:22:31.341-04:00Ah yes, a fond farewell to the Zertz...the bicycli...Ah yes, a fond farewell to the Zertz...the bicycling equivalent of the Converse 'React Juice.' Shocking to hear they've binned that one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-56588655561205856692016-09-11T21:08:39.948-04:002016-09-11T21:08:39.948-04:00well i stopped pedaling about 1:30 today but i'...<br />well i stopped pedaling about 1:30 today but i'll pretend i just de-saddled and give it try in a couple minutes when i'm done me green tea.<br /><br />will report back. maybe do a comparison with scotch and bourbon and irish.Spokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634249104084545065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-91122372182861472302016-09-11T21:04:56.003-04:002016-09-11T21:04:56.003-04:00Spokey,
Vodka and soda is very hydrating, good po...Spokey,<br /><br />Vodka and soda is very hydrating, good post-ride cocktail.<br /><br />Why would I ruin a good scotch by putting soda in it?<br /><br />--Wildcat Rock MachineBikeSnobNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-7618983363781275082016-09-11T20:17:53.881-04:002016-09-11T20:17:53.881-04:00really?
vodka & soda? who drinks that?
sc...<br />really?<br /><br />vodka & soda? who drinks that? <br /><br />scotch & soda of course. vodka martinis. vodka & tonics. vodka & cranberry. but vodka & soda? unless it's coke that is.Spokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634249104084545065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-58886021696050550802016-09-11T18:51:24.053-04:002016-09-11T18:51:24.053-04:00All this pussy punching talk is distracting.All this pussy punching talk is distracting.Ghost of John Holmesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-9869252172545358172016-09-11T18:18:58.692-04:002016-09-11T18:18:58.692-04:00How did the NYC century go?bueller...anyone...buel...How did the NYC century go?bueller...anyone...bueller?bad boy of the northnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-59290182880023984502016-09-11T18:14:45.260-04:002016-09-11T18:14:45.260-04:00"Night fell as I sucked down vodka and soda a..."Night fell as I sucked down vodka and soda after vodka and soda":<br />Funny, that's how I usually start my days.One for the Roadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-73513439294057526232016-09-11T15:58:18.730-04:002016-09-11T15:58:18.730-04:00wow some mega word comments this weekend.
helen d...wow some mega word comments this weekend.<br /><br />helen definitely gets circumlocutory persiflage of the day.<br /><br />as someone with <a href="http://i.imgur.com/4VGv9PC.jpg" rel="nofollow">certified gnat-like attention span</a>, i couldn't read much of that comment but did notice the black grime bit. <br /><br />a couple pair of nitrile gloves in a sandwich bag solves that problem. or a starbuck's napkin,<br /><br />i do admit that in the years when i worked and arrived there on a biek, i never lost me chain or flatted.Spokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634249104084545065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-31259398094319922642016-09-11T14:56:55.303-04:002016-09-11T14:56:55.303-04:00As usual, Huge Anus, you have missed the point. Mo...As usual, Huge Anus, you have missed the point. Most "biking turds" don't embrace idiotic "enhancements" that are foisted on them by marketing shills. Well, at least not in the numbers that car-buyers do, what with their never-ending pursuit of marvels of engineering like a cup-holder that can hold a 64 oz. Big Gulp. No, none of us is trying to turn our simple, efficient, human-powered machines into cars or motorcycles. Instead, we're sticking with what works-- and looking forward to the not-too-distant day when ignorant, inattentive, morons like you have been completely replaced by driver-less electric-powered vehicles. Soon, jerks like you won't even be allowed on "your highway" unless it's in one of these robotic cars, which won't be at all responsive to your whims of idiocy or irrational desires to "run-em-in-a-ditch". You can just sit in the back and play with your pecker, pick your nose, scratch your ass, or whatever while the robot takes you to your next electro-shock therapy session. When your robot stops to yield the right-of-way to me while I'm on my bike, I may point at you and smile...and indicate that you have drool on your chin. You see, Huge Anus, our bikes are future-proof devices that will fit in beautifully with the robot cars of the coming years. It's your gas-powered, moron-guided, heap of smog-belching crap that is the anachronism. So, instead of harassing us with you inanities, why not use that energy to prepare for your inevitable extinction? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-62744001231000040592016-09-11T09:57:30.283-04:002016-09-11T09:57:30.283-04:00Ayy, anal-warts: yer almost there. Fancy suspensio...Ayy, anal-warts: yer almost there. Fancy suspension, "dick breaks", 'lectric shifting. All you need now is a fucken motor and you biking turds will have finally joined the 20th century. Well, guess what you poster-children for prophylactics? It's already been done....and by people who didn't get stuck on "zertz" for 20 fucken years. So you can quit trying to turn yer silly little dork chariots into actual road-worthy vehicles. Crawl out of your grandma's basement, shit-can those two-wheeled abominations and get a goddamn car or motorcycle already. It's clearly what you want. Leave the pedal-toys to the kids whose parents are too cheap to buy them an electric scooter and to the drunks who don't have the guts to go ahead and drive on a suspended license. Hugh Janus, Expert Motoristnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-64918010521785164042016-09-11T08:54:58.859-04:002016-09-11T08:54:58.859-04:00Leroy-
As a trigeek and strava junkie, I may be t...Leroy-<br /><br />As a trigeek and strava junkie, I may be too apostate* to comment, but I don't think they'll keep you out of cycling heaven on account of the occasional Fondo.<br /><br />*Class of '16dancesonpedalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00164303442656489828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-57827766351708629192016-09-11T08:16:40.181-04:002016-09-11T08:16:40.181-04:00Helen Smart,
You have mistaken my humorous self-e...Helen Smart,<br /><br />You have mistaken my humorous self-effacement as a solicitation for editorial input.<br /><br />--Wildcat Rock MachineBikeSnobNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-64956484907093267952016-09-10T23:40:08.411-04:002016-09-10T23:40:08.411-04:00Why, thanks, Anonymous! *Bows*Why, thanks, Anonymous! *Bows*Helen Balconyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01166756364431205849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-63617404184916260612016-09-10T23:28:13.397-04:002016-09-10T23:28:13.397-04:00My dear Helen Smart - you deserve Australia and it...My dear Helen Smart - you deserve Australia and it deserves you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-2242269880456016572016-09-10T22:39:41.454-04:002016-09-10T22:39:41.454-04:00There's a lot of talk of punching cats, which ...There's a lot of talk of punching cats, which is nowhere near as good as tickling a kitty.N/Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710395292374599493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-18491567270646682952016-09-10T22:26:39.604-04:002016-09-10T22:26:39.604-04:00...Oh, and of course (because my previous comment ......Oh, and of course (because my previous comment wasn't long enough :-/ ) Under the "breakdown hacks", you could have suggested "hop on a train if possible, there's no shame in it and any time lost is far less than you'll lose driving and parking and getting the ususal car problems". For noobs, doing the mixed mode thing is very useful in general.Helen Balconyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01166756364431205849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-14472685943623663212016-09-10T22:15:20.656-04:002016-09-10T22:15:20.656-04:00I will happily accept one of your free books.I will happily accept one of your free books.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-49080463631622816562016-09-10T22:08:27.534-04:002016-09-10T22:08:27.534-04:00N/A 9/9 @ 3:38
"A Prayer For Owen Meany"...N/A 9/9 @ 3:38<br /><br />"A Prayer For Owen Meany" Best book ever written. I need to read it another 4 times before I die.Pathetic Old Cyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17679288563142001686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-14167668979721231012016-09-10T21:57:43.937-04:002016-09-10T21:57:43.937-04:00I'm sorry people didn't pick up your book ...I'm sorry people didn't pick up your book Snob. I have bought a copy (mail order to Australia) and I'm enjoying it as I do all your writings.<br />I did have a couple of reservations about it as a book for complete noobs, though:<br />(1) The which bike should I buy? section. This started out with road bikes, then cyclocross, then mountain bikes... Somewhere down the line, even after some quite specialist stuff like downhill bikes, there is a section on "sporting" - a misnomer, I think - with the kind of bikes we call Flat Bar Commuter here.<br />A flat bar commuter, for mine, should be front and centre as the first bike a beginner should look at. A beginner doesn't want to be learning to cope with drop bars and hooded brakes before they have mastered the actual riding part. A lot of people now haven't ridden much as kids, so they need that flat bar ease of handling.<br />A flat bar is also very versatile. Mine, which has the wheel size which is just that much wider than a roadie but narrower than a MTB - I could check the exact size but I'm too lazy. They're quite swift on the roads and paths but aquit themselves quite well on gravel and dirt, so they're the perfect bike for trying out commuting and recreational rides.<br />A style of bike which was completely ignored was the "ladies' frame bike", including mixtes. You did give a brief nod to "Genteel" and Dutch, but there was not one single description or illustration of a "ladies' frame" in the entire section. For mine, this just excludes a whole section of potential bike commuters. Now you might scoff at that (and I know some of your more unreconstructed commenters are typing insulting responses to this as soon as I hit Publish) but why was that? The entire book seems geared to blokes, and younger more confident blokes at that. There is not so much of a problem getting that kind of person to start riding. A section on "ladies frame" bikes, geared and not, might be an idea. I know you don't want one, but that's not what the book is supposed to be about.<br /><br />(2) The Essential Repairs section: Some of this is going to be kind of off putting for noobs. As a freelance writer, you need to imagine yourself in the skin of someone who is trying bike commuting to a regular job as a cubicle jockey or similar. This kind of advice: "Then lift the chain with your right hand. Yes, with your hand. I know it's dirty but deal with it...Your hands may get filthy but you'll get it sorted eventually." Now I'm not recommending being a helpless WIMP when it comes to repairs, but if you're riding to work, or even to a social gathering, getting covered in black may not be an option. Presenting this as some kind of *only* option might cause an actual beginner to go "oh well, obviously if I want to ride a bike I need to be the kind of person who doesn't mind getting black oil all over my hands, so it's not for me." I thought it would have been good to include a few hacks, such as the ones I've used through the years: -Borrow some pliers to grip the chain and guide it back - or, if your bike is a nasty chain thrower, carry pliers; - Carry a disposable rubber glove or two in your kit - they weigh nothing; - Carry a small travel pack of wet wipes in your kit, ditto.<br />Anyway, those are my thoughts on how the book could be improved for its stated purpose (talking to beginners) but as a not-beginner of course I find it fun and snort coffee through my nose throughout.<br />Helen Balconyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01166756364431205849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-2102702858180530732016-09-10T19:53:09.116-04:002016-09-10T19:53:09.116-04:00
Oh! Science is going to fix all that! We will con...<br />Oh! Science is going to fix all that! We will conquer famine, eliminate psychological suffering, make everybody healthy and happy!Technophilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-58722905680475280582016-09-10T19:31:01.258-04:002016-09-10T19:31:01.258-04:00We have a cat that takes seven days a week off. Lu...We have a cat that takes seven days a week off. Lucky she doesn't have a blog.Puss no Bootsnoreply@blogger.com