i've seen people riding right next to 18 wheelers!!! in philly! on insanely busy streets.
okay, i've changed my mind. these people are the bravest people on earth. demented, but brave.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I have ridden a recumbent. Sniff.
― The Lion's Mane Jellyfish, pictured here with its only natural predator (Laurel), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
sometimes they have those 8 foot high flag things. ups the smugness factor.
xpost
― Super Cub, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't know whether Ed's desire for a recumbent bike came before or after the fulfilled aspiration for OTT facial hair, or whether that just puts him in the demographic crosshairs.
― gossip and complaints (suzy), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
these people are called "freds" BTW.
― Super Cub, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:10 (fourteen years ago) link
"a 'fred' is a cyclist who has a ton of cycling gear, especially of the utilitarian "uncool" kind. The gear and bike may be put together by kludgey solutions, like duct-taped flashlights to the handlebar. [1]. This type of fred is a bike geek who likes/needs lots of gear (even if it is modified stuff not intended for bikes) that a racer would never use, no matter what roadie cyclists or others think. Freds of this type can be well aware of their fredness, once they are aware of the concept, and often embrace it wholeheartedly." - Wikipedia
― Super Cub, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, i mean, it definitely helps if you look like a mad scientist. it's the einstein thing.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
i say just go all the way and get yourself a dandy horse.
http://images.photos.com/thw/thw14/PH/OLA/36915738.thw.jpg?0390000916
― scott seward, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
http://gorida.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/dandy-horse.jpg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
need venn diagram of recumbent bike riders and owners of squat toilets.
― Wee Tam and the lolhueg (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda want one now
http://modcult.org/mc/image/path/712/thumb/dandy-horse.jpg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:17 (fourteen years ago) link
That lettering is on some UG Black Metal unreadability shit!
― Wee Tam and the lolhueg (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
how do you own a squat toilet? like it's in your house?
― Super Cub, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
the dandy horse is ridiculous. JUST WALK
cyrus rides a skuut. kind of a modern dandy horse.
http://www.dutchbikeseattle.com/images/bikes/skuut_600.jpg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
xxpost yeah there's ppl who like proselytize for it. I met a dude whose two social crusades were squat toilets and dvorak keyboard layout.
― Wee Tam and the lolhueg (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
squat toilets are da bomb. seriously superior sanitation.
― Super Cub, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
good for flexibility too
my late uncle was a user of dvorak and i never cease to be impressed by people who learn it and use it. also it's sometimes hilarious to watch them try typing on a qwerty keypad. xp to JL
― ian, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
i know people with compost toilets. those are eerie. it takes, um, a long time for things to fall...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:23 (fourteen years ago) link
is that like a hole in the ground?
― Super Cub, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, pretty much. you would be surprised how strong the urge to flush is.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
recumbents are to bicycles as linux is to operating systems, imo
― ovum if you got 'em (gbx), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
recumbent bikers to linux users would be another good venn diagram
― goole, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
The only venn diagram where the circles line up perfectly.
― cashew and green pea pulao (fields of salmon), Thursday, 20 August 2009 01:51 (fourteen years ago) link