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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?

xpost

Super Cub, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link

the dandy horse is ridiculous. JUST WALK

Super Cub, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Super Cub, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link

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


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