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Badum-tssh!!
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do a skid!
I'm shaking my fist in the air in a rage-filled manner and I'm at my desk so people are looking at me funny.
No promotion for me. :(
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My bike:
Me, with the sun quite literally shining out of my arse:
My friends, I say this now: I shall not be doing a skid. Never have skidded. Never will skid. No skid. I shall be skidless. FYI.
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A+++ sale thread.
This is LFGSS - a debate about which bunny is cutest will inevitably descend into a clusterfuck of anarchy and death theats by the second page.
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Your name is a flaw of logic? Weird.
Look man, I've tried to keep this banter light-hearted, because it's boring for people to have to read bickering, but it's getting more and more difficult to keep it funny. You're saying the same shit over and over.
This is a classifieds board, it's not for debate. You've waded into my thread saying the same thing that FOUR other people have said - things which I've dealt with honestly and reasonably - and you expect me to suddenly be impressed by you saying the same shit just because you think I'm a ''bandwagon jumping poseur'?
I know Plug riders are an easy target for some people who want to flex their internet cred, but believe me dude, if you're looking for some easy rep you're looking in the wrong place. You keep bumping my thread if you want; I can keep talking about my mansacks from now until the end of time.
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Insecure? Tom is my name, but it was taken, so I put a full stop after it. Simple. If I was insecure I'd have come up with some "cool" name and gone on about the size of my genitals a lot.
Regardless of whether it is "your" thread or not, riding freewheel with only a front brake still makes you a fucktard.
That Sheldon Brown article deals specifically with the use of a front brake in a two brake situation. The simple fact is that under heavy braking loads a bike a rear brake doesn't compromise control as much as a front brake.
Oh man, I managed to get you to justify yourself to me AND I was vindicated by Sheldon. Today is going to be a fucking brilliant day.
Anyone for tennis?
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I built the Pavey up and (stem aside) I'm filled with joy. BEHOLD HER GLORY. BEHOLD I SAY:
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as everyone else is sticking there 2p in without it being asked (as per fucking usual) I think your defense has not only been witty but correct.....but I would expect that from a creme egged sized baller such as yourself.
I throw a giant 'Slayer' smiley your way sir.
\m/ (>_<) \m/
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Fixed with no brakes is probably more dangerous than freewheel with a BACK brake, fine. However, relying on front wheel braking rather than back wheel braking is definitely a stuupid idea.
What really beggars belief is the fact that it came with two brakes and you decided to take one off.
How about we make it a best of three. You can have your bollock measuring (which you may or may not win), but we also spice it up with "how smart you are" and "are you a genuine cyclist or just another band wagon jumping little poseur"? I'm happy to win 2-1.
The day I justify myself to someone so insecure they had to put a full stop after their name is the day I measure less than 'large smooth eggs' on the Testicle Scale.
Seriously, I'M bored of this shite and it's my fucking thread. Fuck me.
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Bikes are road legal if they have "adequate" brakes, however to sell them you need to have two independent braking systems.
Freewheel with only a front brake is retarded and a long way off being adequate (especially in the wet, etc). Freewheel with no back brake is definitely the domain of poseurs only.
Take it to a fixed gear thread and have an interesting debate, instead of going for the easy targets, eh? Fixed gear no brakes is arguably more 'dangerous' than single speed one brake, and no-one seems to give a wet slap about those.
Next time you want to tell me what I can and can't sell, let's have a bollock measuring competition FIRST so we can dispense with all this tedious shite, eh?
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got it, my bad
Well don't I feel like a defensive little prick now?
:D
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I think £50 is probably about right, it's just that I'd imagine most people on here would rather a hipster brand messenger bag rather than a geek-brand backpack.
My Timbuk2 bag is fucking sweet tho', these kids are missing out.
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from what 'some-guy' said to my mate at one of those free cycle clinics..
FG + Front brake + No back brake = ok
SS + Front brake + No back brake = not road legal (but fine if you have egg-balls)
I think we established that.
My point was that FG + no brakes = not road legal either.
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Not going to split I'm afraid - last chance to buy before I sling it up on the 'bay...
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That's my sales pitch right there. They'll be gristle to my mill!
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If you want £300 for it, maybe a little less, put it on eBay.
check out the one that sold for £455! Fuck me, £45 quid off brand new! But yeah, i'm sure you'll get at least £250 on the bay..
Good luck.
Thanks man - I'd much rather see her to to a LFGSS type tbh, but if nothing comes of the few PMs I have, I'll definitely wack it up there.
Jesus, £455 though. If only I could guarantee two co-bidding maniacs. :D
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What is the width of the Deck?
Sorry, should've included that. It's an 7 and 3/4 incher.
Ooer.
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Pug's gone. The DEATH TRAP and the DEATH DECK are still for sale though. Live dangerously!
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Duty of care when selling.
If you put ourys on because you are worried about 'safety'. Maybe you should make people aware that with only a front brake they are not safe and also not road legal.
Just a thought, after all not everyone has cadbury's cream eggs for balls.
Tbh I'd have thought that would've been obvious, but yeah, fair point.
BIKE IS NOT ROAD LEGAL.
JUST LIKE ALL THOSE BRAKELESS FIXED GEAR BIKES, WHICH SOMEHOW DON'T SEEM TO PROVOKE AS MUCH OF A SHITSTORM ON HERE. EQUALLY ILLEGAL.
However, the positive thing about this bike is that if you have balls the size of creme eggs (like me) these can be used as a braking system, simply by wedging them in between the back wheel and the frame.
I must urge readers that no matter how tempted they are, NOT to try this with the front wheel and the frame. Safety first.
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how about the fact that it is singe speed with only 1 brake.
How about the fact that you're named after the lamest character in the whole LOTR trilogy, and I have balls the size of creme eggs?
Third dibs on the Pug goes to Jaw - had someone else PM me before you replied, sorry about that.
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why pay all that money for dildo bars only to put ourys over them?
Only put 'em on there last week - didn't want it on my conscience if someone bought the bike and slipped off on the way home. Pretty easy to take off tho'.
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It is with a tear in my eye (and a wrench in my wallet) that I say goodbye to my Old Faithful, my modified Plug - size Small. I've put Nitto dildo bars on the front (with brown Oury grips), replaced the shoddily-built standard wheelset with black sealed Genesis Hubs and Alex Rims, and put a set of Conti GP4000 brown tyres on there - match the seat nicely, though you can't really see it in the pic.
Some dings to the paint from locking it up at work every day, but nothing major - much loved and well-looked after, £300 to you squire. (Shown without chain - it's soaking in detergent. Will put this back on before collection, unless you enjoy walking bikes around.)
Just to be clear, the hub at the back IS flipflop but I think the fixed side appears to be broken. At least, there's no cog on there and I've never tried to use it. Ergo, it's JUST single speed, not fixed.
Also selling an old Pug frame+forks+bb, 56cm, bit battered but structurally OK, would make a nice cheap conversion. £30 - SOLD to arantrek
Lastly, I'm flogging my unridden Death skateboard. I set this up last month without realising how poor I was going to be this month. Curses. It's a decent ride, Union trucks, Efren wheels, griptape, not haunted, the usual shebang. £80.
Collection from Stoke Newington/Hackney preferred. Optimum safeness.
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Seconded with the thanks - it's much easier to get a smaller quill stem. Anyone flogging one? :D
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Man I am LOVING these tags:
Ahahah anyway. Yeah, I have one person coming to check it out this weekend but it hasn't yet sold. I've changed cranks on it - Sugs for FSAs - and will PM you new pics this eve.
BleakArgument has to be my new name. Can we change 'em?