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OnTheOtherSide



Joined: 29 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Underwaterbob wrote:
Bikes are no fun, give me one of these:

http://www.belizebike.com/images/toucan20suspfenderbd.jpg

I used to ride one everywhere until I got to Korea and the only thing I could find was a cheap Chinese piece of junk that I wrecked in a couple months.


You like those things? Are you being serious?

I bought one a few years ago for 20$ at a thrift store. It was fun to mess around on. It was fun to do jumps onto curbs with it and stuff like that. But for transportation and going all over town it sucked.
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RufusW



Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Busan

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So no-one's really mentioned the safety aspect. I'd be worried about riding any bike in a city in Korea, let alone one that you can't stop for 30 meters. Or is that not the case?
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samcheokguy



Joined: 02 Nov 2008
Location: Samcheok G-do

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

anybody got a unicycle?
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OnTheOtherSide



Joined: 29 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

samcheokguy wrote:
anybody got a unicycle?


Yo man, my hipster friend sold me a fresh unicycle. He gave me some spandex jeans and a trucker hat to match too.
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samcheokguy



Joined: 02 Nov 2008
Location: Samcheok G-do

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can you juggle? Cause I'm thinking we need a circus.
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OnTheOtherSide



Joined: 29 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RufusW wrote:
So no-one's really mentioned the safety aspect. I'd be worried about riding any bike in a city in Korea, let alone one that you can't stop for 30 meters. Or is that not the case?


Exactly. Fixies have no freakin breaks......

Fixies are for doing tricks and messing around. They suck for real riding.

I used to ride a mountain bike around Pusan and I had to slam on the brakes as hard as I could many times to avoid disaster.
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OnTheOtherSide



Joined: 29 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

samcheokguy wrote:
Can you juggle? Cause I'm thinking we need a circus.


Juggling isn't hipster man..... you ain't hip. Take off those thick glasses and skin tight jeans, you are not worthy.
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Underwaterbob



Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OnTheOtherSide wrote:
Underwaterbob wrote:
Bikes are no fun, give me one of these:

http://www.belizebike.com/images/toucan20suspfenderbd.jpg

I used to ride one everywhere until I got to Korea and the only thing I could find was a cheap Chinese piece of junk that I wrecked in a couple months.


You like those things? Are you being serious?

I bought one a few years ago for 20$ at a thrift store. It was fun to mess around on. It was fun to do jumps onto curbs with it and stuff like that. But for transportation and going all over town it sucked.


Naw, they're great. Much easier to just hop on and hop off and take up less space than a bike. For shorter distances they're more efficient than a bike. Arguably a better workout as well.

For longer distances not so much, but after five years of hardcore push-scootering, I could go for hours and keep up with most cyclists no problem.
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OnTheOtherSide



Joined: 29 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Underwaterbob wrote:
OnTheOtherSide wrote:
Underwaterbob wrote:
Bikes are no fun, give me one of these:

http://www.belizebike.com/images/toucan20suspfenderbd.jpg

I used to ride one everywhere until I got to Korea and the only thing I could find was a cheap Chinese piece of junk that I wrecked in a couple months.


You like those things? Are you being serious?

I bought one a few years ago for 20$ at a thrift store. It was fun to mess around on. It was fun to do jumps onto curbs with it and stuff like that. But for transportation and going all over town it sucked.


Naw, they're great. Much easier to just hop on and hop off and take up less space than a bike. For shorter distances they're more efficient than a bike. Arguably a better workout as well.

For longer distances not so much, but after five years of hardcore push-scootering, I could go for hours and keep up with most cyclists no problem.


Now that is hip brahhh. You have earned the right to wear the spandex jeans, go for it.
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samcheokguy



Joined: 02 Nov 2008
Location: Samcheok G-do

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hey I have Rubella, I need the glasses! How hip is that?
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OnTheOtherSide



Joined: 29 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

samcheokguy wrote:
hey I have Rubella, I need the glasses! How hip is that?


Brah, that is so hip. That is like....beyond hip.

If you have stubbly facial hair and a plaid shirt. Then you are GOD.
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roadwork



Joined: 24 Nov 2008
Location: Goin' up the country

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OnTheOtherSide wrote:
samcheokguy wrote:
hey I have Rubella, I need the glasses! How hip is that?


Brah, that is so hip. That is like....beyond hip.

If you have stubbly facial hair and a plaid shirt. Then you are GOD.


If you, like, have a club foot, then you are totally like GOD with Kurt Cobain status, you know?
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OnTheOtherSide



Joined: 29 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

roadwork wrote:
OnTheOtherSide wrote:
samcheokguy wrote:
hey I have Rubella, I need the glasses! How hip is that?


Brah, that is so hip. That is like....beyond hip.

If you have stubbly facial hair and a plaid shirt. Then you are GOD.


If you, like, have a club foot, then you are totally like GOD with Kurt Cobain status, you know?


A club foot, what?

That aint hip daddy-o. You have officially been EJECTED from the hipster scene. Turn in your spandex jeans and fixie bike immediately. You better go hang out with the jocks or the punk rockers or something brahh.
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RufusW



Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Busan

PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OnTheOtherSide wrote:
I used to ride a mountain bike around Pusan and I had to slam on the brakes as hard as I could many times to avoid disaster.


Yea, I'm Pusan and I get cut up enough walking around the place, a mountain bike is one level, a fixie just seems like suicide (unless you never wanna hit anywhere near 25+mph).
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