I just read a post over at the Surly blog that, to borrow a phrase from my little brother, totally Gores My Ox. Some mega-tool wrote in to Surly complaining that he could not do barspins on a stock Steamroller, and that he should have been told as much via their website. Surly's Sir Kenneth Bloggins, esq. was quite charitable in calling this person an asshat. Listen, Einstein; when Surly first introduced the Steamroller, back in 1999, there was a lot of headscratchin' and "what for?" askin' wherever and whenever it was presented. Fast-forward 10 years and nearly every bike company this side of the sun is offering a "fixie." Now some people say, "Hey, it's cool cuz' ultimately it just means more people on bikes." Fuck that, I say. Sure, some of these riders may be "pushing the envelope" by doing circa-1988 Freestylin' Magazine "trix" on fixed wheel bikes. But some of these people are also grade A fucktards, who were probably still at home playing with their Pokemon dolls when the Steamroller was introduced. Ok, enough about that.
Local Lothario's HANDSOME CYCLES will be hosting their 2010 Launch Party, Saturday 12, September @ One On One Bicycle Studio in the beautiful Warehouse District of Minneapolis. Be sure to show up or Ben will be sad...
Off to the Dakota 5-Zero this weekend, for what promises to be another trip around the lollipop of pain. And steak dinner....
2 comments:
Hear, Hear sir... Grade-A Fucktard's indeed.
Grrrrr.....
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