It looks like one of those old-timey fire engines: This thing's got more aging bells and whistles than an antique music shop. It looks like the gnarled, beckoning finger of a demon, gesturing for you to come closer and closer, until it throttles you like the disembodied hand in "Evil Dead 2."ĭecidedly more upbeat is this entry. Then notice the poor lighting and the perfectly-circled pentagram formed by the crank spider and chainring guard.īut most terrifying is the head-actuated brake lever. In particular, note the ferret, which looks unnervingly like the one the nihilists threw in Jeff Bridges' bathtub in "The Big Lebowski." Certainly one man's pet is another man's infestation. This one, on the other hand, is genuinely terrifying. This one's tall, dark and lanky, and somewhere between intimidating and ridiculous: Here's a new one, where the middle of the drop is left bare for some reason, like a bare midriff in the snow: In browsing Fixedgeargallery and checking out bar taping jobs I've seen almost every conceivable variation on the theme of stupid. Can you find it? Bet you can't!Īlways fascinating is the extent to which people will go to tape their bars incorrectly.
Just look at this photo-the bike's in there. Just put it in a basement and it disappears into the scenery like a stick insect in a tree. This bike is remarkable because it has a built-in theft prevention device.
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I haven't seen something this trendy in front of a wall this full of crap since Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie posed in front of a Masai dung hut on one of their Africa visits. Notice also that the leather-clad bullhorns appear to be forklifting a payload of refuse that includes "Clerks II," "Con Air," and "Cruel Intentions." Harrowing. Note in particular the treacly trifecta to the immediate left of the stem, with "The Breakup," Brokeback Mountain," and "Bruce Almighty" all cheek-by-jowl. This video collection is worse than Redman's in his "MTV Cribs" episode. I sincerely hope this is a video store and not the owner's personal library, though, because a close-up reveals some distressing choices: We've seen the bike-in-front-of-the-record-collection plenty of times, but it's incredibly rare to see a bike posed in front of a video collection. This entry isn't about the bike it's about the backdrop. These cycling shorts, which marry high fashion and high performance Īnd these high-heeled Chucks, perfect both on and off the bike.
The only explanation I can come up with is that the owner took Weird Al's Devo tribute, " Dare To Be Stupid," even more seriously than he takes Devo. What reason could one possibly have for cutting the drops off in this manner? It's like taking the shifter knob off your sports car, or cutting your computer mouse in half. This tribute bike puts the "Devo" back in "devoid of sense," largely due to the fang-tastic, intelligence-defying handlebar setup. More than anything though, as I clicked through the gallery I was once again amazed by the amount of effort people make to look ridiculous. I mean the kind of encounter where her first shrill utterance reminds you of just how large a caliber bullet you dodged. And I'm not talking about the kind of run-in where she looks great and you're digging in a public trash can because you accidentally threw your keys in there. I hadn't checked out Fixedgeargallery in awhile, and when I finally did again it was like running into an ex on the street. They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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