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I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn’t it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur? We are getting soft … As for me, give me a fixed gear!
Henri Desgrange, the father of bicycle stage racing who believed the Tour de France had to be gruelling, to the extent that the perfect would be one that only one rider could finish.
(Source: cycleangelo.cc)
"Retro is cool because back in my day we didn’t have these fancy Hydraulic disc brake 150mm suspended oil leaking extra bearing pivot squeaking bi-sickles. Noooo. If we wanted to go fast we took a beating from the trail, and our forearms would get cramps from the downhill death grip. Our backsides got to feel the trail too. Now its all soft and mushy and if something breaks we get all whiny."
Nonracerrichie on MTBR - Why is retro cool?
"Give a man a fish,
he eats for a day.
Teach a man to fish,
he feeds his family for a lifetime.
Teach him how to make fishing gear,
he creates jobs for his neighbors.
Buy his products,
he grows the business and prospers."
"Love Ebay as a place to sell what I can’t otherwise sell and buy what I can’t otherwise buy. 1999 Rockshox SID damper cartridges? Sold! OEM Formula R1 disc brakes? Purchased!"
"Die young as late as possible."
