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  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    Greg T wrote:
    This had occurred to me. Luckily they can't ride one handed and will have been forced to abandon their pitchforks.

    They can hold the pitchforks in their teeth - the bite of a hybrid rider is actually the most powerful in the animal kingdom even exceeding that of the Crocodile and Great White Shark in terms of Lbs per Sq inch

    or strapped to their "big enough to carry a baby elephant on" racks they will undoubtedly have on the back AND front of their bikes.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Greg T wrote:
    They can hold the pitchforks in their teeth - the bite of a hybrid rider is actually the most powerful in the animal kingdom even exceeding that of the Crocodile and Great White Shark in terms of Lbs per Sq inch


    Thats a lot of Bike Shops! :shock:
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Greg T wrote:
    They can hold the pitchforks in their teeth - the bite of a hybrid rider is actually the most powerful in the animal kingdom even exceeding that of the Crocodile and Great White Shark in terms of Lbs per Sq inch


    Thats a lot of Bike Shops! :shock:

    Yes - I thought I should have put some disambiguation in but decided I'd stick it out there anyway.
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  • sarajoy
    sarajoy Posts: 1,675
    nicklouse wrote:
    sarajoy
    does not come up in the proper language dictionaries

    and BTW

    Glad Midsommar

    :D
    Midsummer's not until the 21st!

    Must remember to ring dad and wish him a happy father's day while I'm at it... if I can catch them before the midsummer boozing begins...

    Oh, and I spelt it wrong - 'fittstim'

    Mind you, when did you last see amusing English swear words in proper dictionaries?!
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  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    Am I the only hybrid(er) in here? :shock: This sustained attack is too much for my little shoulders so I'm going to resort to a familiar phrase....................................



    feck off the lot of you :x

    and also - your Dad(s) - as it's Fathers' Day this weekend :P

    Hybrid(ers) will rise and increase in numbers from this day onwards. I've seen the sales figures from bike shops in the Greater London area, so there!! 8)
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Nah, sarajoy rides a hybrid too... much as she'd like to think it's a roadie with flat bars... :P
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    Nah, sarajoy rides a hybrid too... much as she'd like to think it's a roadie with flat bars... :P

    Funnily enough that's how I was going to describe my next bike :lol:
  • sarajoy
    sarajoy Posts: 1,675
    And nowt wrong with that :D

    I rather like how my bike hangs together, I must say. Very pleased and after a lot of fettling, very comfortable too!

    I do keep my eye out for cheap local road bikes that might fit me on gumtree etc. So I'll give it a go some day if I can afford it, but certainly wasn't about to spend so much money on something so unfamiliar to me when this was my first go at riding proper distances in earnest.
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    biondino wrote:
    On the other hand, they could just be jealous of our high standards of banter. Here's their version of the SCR thread

    "C***!"

    "LOL"

    "Haha that c*** said c***!"

    "Dude you are such a c***"

    "C***!"

    "Nah mate it ain't funny now"

    "LOL yeh it is"

    "C***!"

    "I fall of when I try to do a skid stop in Hoxton, am I a c***?"

    ad nauseam...
    What do you think this says about the demographic?
  • attica
    attica Posts: 2,362
    That we're wittier than them?
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    sarajoy wrote:
    And nowt wrong with that :D

    I rather like how my bike hangs together, I must say. Very pleased and after a lot of fettling, very comfortable too!

    If you had a road bike you wouldn't need to fettle! The road bike fettles you! FACT!
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  • biondino wrote:
    On the other hand, they could just be jealous of our high standards of banter. Here's their version of the SCR thread

    "C***!"

    "LOL"

    "Haha that c*** said c***!"

    "Dude you are such a c***"

    "C***!"

    "Nah mate it ain't funny now"

    "LOL yeh it is"

    "C***!"

    "I fall of when I try to do a skid stop in Hoxton, am I a c***?"

    ad nauseam...
    What do you think this says about the demographic?

    Young and fun loving?
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  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    Forum wars. Oh dear. Will we never learn?
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Hybrider and proud - with you all the way Wanda - we'll show this fixie rabble what's what eh? Damn bunch of lefties! 8) 8)

    By the way - do fruit flies count as one of your five a day ?
  • soy_sauce
    soy_sauce Posts: 987
    you guys (londoner) between two forum should all meet up at RP and have a race to see which one is faster (wearing your represented forum T-shirt). 8)
    "It is not impossible, its just improbable"

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  • soy_sauce
    soy_sauce Posts: 987
    Hybrider and proud - with you all the way Wanda - we'll show this fixie rabble what's what eh? Damn bunch of lefties! 8) 8)

    By the way - do fruit flies count as one of your five a day ?

    yup, as long as it contain the word "fruit" or any fruit name, its count.

    e.g. lemon cheesecake

    :D
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  • R_T_A
    R_T_A Posts: 488
    I'm a Hybrider too - but work keeps getting in the way of me posting :(

    **Waves to Wanda**

    I don't mind the banter - my frame can take the extra burden.

    it's still better than being in a car 8)

    And I''m off to get a Strawberry Daquiri...
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  • scarlettp
    scarlettp Posts: 37
    I think the original post in that lfgss thread was poking fun at a '10 rules to driving a black cab' thread made on the same day: a pointless piece of prejudice, labelling all cabbies as aggressive incompetents - made by a hipster fixie type person.

    I'd say there's a lot of common ground between hybrids and the contemporary generic fixie anyway. They're both semi-upright bikes with slick tyres, predominantly used for commuting.

    All this tribalism seems like a way of creating an outlet for pent up road rage. I think rather than racing around Richmond Park, we should all get together down there for a massive orgy.
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    scarlettp wrote:
    we should all get together down there for a massive orgy.

    SHOW time!

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  • Cafewanda wrote:
    Am I the only hybrid(er) in here?

    Certainly not wanda.....my trusty steed is a hybrid which I think is great for every day commuting and I'm pretty quick with it if I don't say so myself!

    POWER TO THE HYBRIDS! :D

    Though I'm considering purchasing a road bike later this year to complement it nicely for weekend riding.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    After riding in from the East this morning I'm thinking a full sus would be better suited to London roads, is there some kind of problem making to sections of tarmac match height and texture of its surroundings???

    Cycle lanes... why bother if your only going to use them from ALL the manhole maintenance covers. duh!
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    itboffin wrote:
    After riding in from the East this morning I'm thinking a full sus would be better suited to London roads, is there some kind of problem making to sections of tarmac match height and texture of its surroundings???

    Cycle lanes... why bother if your only going to use them from ALL the manhole maintenance covers. duh!

    Cable St Bike Path is a case in point - great idea badly executed. The surface is rubbish, if I didn't enjoy the vibrations through my seat post so much I'd write a letter of complaint.
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

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  • attica
    attica Posts: 2,362
    Haha

    A class bit of GT innuendo.

    BTW I thought up my sig during the Dragon Ride on Sunday, thought you'd appreciate it GT.
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  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    edited June 2009
    Hybrider and proud - with you all the way Wanda - we'll show this fixie rabble what's what eh? Damn bunch of lefties! 8) 8)

    By the way - do fruit flies count as one of your five a day ?

    Woo hoo!!! And then there were more than one!!! :D:D

    ....... places an order for 6 pitchforks to be delivered in time for the RP social............... :twisted:
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Cafewanda wrote:
    Hybrider and proud - with you all the way Wanda - we'll show this fixie rabble what's what eh? Damn bunch of lefties! 8) 8)

    By the way - do fruit flies count as one of your five a day ?

    Woo hoo!!! And then there were three :D:D

    ....... places an order for 3 pitchforks to be delivered in time for the RP social............... :twisted:

    :lol::lol:
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    itboffin wrote:
    After riding in from the East this morning I'm thinking a full sus would be better suited to London roads, is there some kind of problem making to sections of tarmac match height and texture of its surroundings???

    Yep. Obviously :roll: London leads the way in tarmac-laying creativity, as you now realise :D
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    Yep. Obviously London leads the way in tarmac-laying creativity, as you now realise

    Or is it the weight of the Hybrid cycles & their rider's pitchforks dragging along that break up the surface?
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    Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Hybrids are designed to cope with creatively laid tarmac unlike skinny fixies which collapse in a heap of spokes and dust with the traditional comic wheel rolling into the distance :D:D
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    Hybrids are designed to cope with creatively laid tarmac unlike skinny fixies which collapse in a heap of spokes and dust with the traditional comic wheel rolling into the distance :D:D

    Hmmm, seen the Paris - Roubaix?
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    Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

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  • Ha! I actually quite like that whole thread. As somebody said, the vitriol is refreshing. Vitriol is good.

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