cycling LOLz

that's funny... i think anyone who has worked in a shop before knows why people in bike shops tend to be assholes so much of the time.

thats funny.

any retail can be utterly, dispiritingly miserable. that said, snarky bike monkeys piss me off to the extreme. ive worked in four shops of varying standards, and the guys who would clown or be mean to customers were usually bitter assholes all the way around.

ive had some really good experiences with shop folks in the last two weeks in denver and golden.

yeah, i never felt like i acted that way to a customer, but i can't say that i never had days where thoughts in the tone of that email ran non-stop through my mind. but like you said, pretty much anyone in retail has had those days.

although, on the other hand, there are the customers in bike stores who i think are uniquely irritating - the guys who want you to drop everything to find a washer for their floor pump that they bought 30 years ago, or the ones who blow a gasket when you tell them that bike helmets wear out, and the one they bought in 1988 probably isn't safe anymore.

drop everything to find a washer for their floor pump that they bought 30 years ago

"dude its a silca super pista, its awesome, it will outlive us all!" no, its antique, the chucks aren't that good, they give up, and you should try a high quality pump made in the past 10 years--they really are better.

see, im in touch with my inner snarky shop rat

http://www.wyff4.com/news/20187786/detail.html

nsfw: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3324/3629440195_3072bfe8a6_o.jpg

fumi beppu is cool as heck:

http://j.photos.cx/tdf09st21-fumy-46a.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPTu2F450sk

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/mountain-biker-wins-road-race-on-his-hardtail-22736?CPN=RSS

quality. imagine being the pro roadie from south africa!

honestly, how is this even possible!?!?!?!?

even when i ride my beater--which in itself has to be zippier than a MTB (or is this really a CX?)-- i'm like 20-30% slower than my roadie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn29DvMITu4

lol

love the girls with the pumps, it's 'simply irresistible' for riders

makes me think of cool kids video, but was wondering if this was a viral for perf bike shop.

:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b36Yi-Pb1wM

kinda lol mostly HOLY FUCKING SHIT

the lolziest part of that for me, besides the sheer hilarity of leotarded german chicks doing ballet on BIKES, is that at some point this evening some skinny-jeaned mpls bike fags will be congregating under the overpass at 4th st and 5th ave to attempt some cutrate knock-off versions of tricks those girls have been doing blindfolded since they were five

if you look up "artistic cycling" on youtube, there are some sweet videos. not as sweet as that, though.

wow

lol zabriskie

http://www.velonews.com/photo/96809

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/3680598012_8d3a5554d7.jpg?v=0

wonder what the other one is

http://www.break.com/index/one-man-tour-de-france-prank.html

genius

ah thats the guy behind the pac man / mario kart vids. love those

blue collar guy on elevator at work: [points at the v-shape groove on saddle] "is that for when you have to take a shit?"

don't steal bikes, bro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE94GengqoM

don't do it again; stealing bikes.

uh

do i have to be in favor of bike theft to not enjoy youtubes of guys getting the crap kicked out of them

no you have to get your bike stolen. fuck that guy.

lol

that guy didn't even get fucked up that bad. plus he deserved it

^^^

does the guy say "you like to steal bikes papi?" @ 0:07

yes.

I don't know if this is lols or wtfs but I'm having a great time watching it.

not lols or wtfs.. but OLDS

New to me! Feh.

still awesome tho

still old, still awesome

i will cop to having watched this video maybe 50x

It's just...FUN, somehow. It's not all X-GAMES ADRENALINE-FUELED with a nu-metal soundtrack, it's just a dude on a bike, doin stuff...

thinkin baout things, jumpin on em with his biek

Yeah see

I don't know if this is lols or wtfs but I'm having a great time watching it.

― The Lion's Mane Jellyfish, pictured here with its only natural predator (Laurel), Tuesday, September 8, 2009 5:06 PM

ha my co-workers were buggin out on that the other day. the tree flip is pretty wtf lol

blooper reel must be a snuff film, imo

That video is fucking crazy.

laurel have u seen a skate video