This thread is dedicated to those who dared to live their dream of the Great American Fixed Gear Tour. Those few who have the privilege to drop everything (except their credit cards and health insurance) and hit the open road. They travel without proper equipment to avoid the burden of possessions and without forethought to avoid the burden of knowledge (though probably not without their iphones). We, as bystanders, can only look on as they live out the collective dream of anyone who has ever owned a fixed gear for at least one, but not more than 24 months. Take heart fellows. Though we may never, thankfully, live to take this Epic Tour, we have prime positions from which to view the experiences of these brave two as they learn about themselves, about America and maybe a little about bikes.
Our Heroes:
Nikol
a.k.a. Fleshwound
a.k.a. The Carrier of Water
Jon
a.k.a. The Mechanic
a.k.a. Hardcore McStud
(he's the one not working on his own fixie on the second day of their tour)
needs more pix of nobr akes girl
Yes!
I'm getting worried, no updates in 2 days.
Dammit. Just realized I changed tenses in my original post. Meh, too tired to try to fix it. I was going for an eulogy sort of thing but it turned into an inspirational speech part way through.
you change tenses mid-paragraph, she changes saddles* in the middle of a "tour"
*for a fucking "product review" !
Credit card - check
Health insurance - check
Sweet Fixie - check
What the fuck am I waiting for?
See we're already learning lessons from this journey.
Don't worry Tim, when you wake up on the concrete bed that is Tarckbike, you go to the hospital, you get a voucher from a cop so that you can sleep in a hotel, and you post in whatever fucking tense you want.
I know everyone has a favorite facepalm moment, here's mine, from Day 1:
Can we go ahead and get the pool going to see when they bite the bullet and quit or a wreck (hope that actually doesn't happen, cause I don't wish that on anyone) happens.
I would take over the organizing on this, but I'm on tour with multiple gears and a lot of real gear, and I won't be around to manage it.
goddammit, it seems like it's so easy to get notoriety on a fixed gear. i should totally just take my fg out on a fucking xc mtb trip or something. i guess that's not cool enough for the hipsters tho. maybe if i work "colorway" in there somehow...
You should call their agent. Maybe you can write the screenplay when they option the rights to this epic saga. That or one of their friends can at least cut together a sweet "edit" on his Macbook.
Ian, I doubt this is the kind of notoriety that you'd be looking for.
Really, this doesn't bother me that much. It's silly and I don't think they're going to make it, but whatever.
Break out the suit. Slick back that hair. Bring on the mad men mikey. - Coleman
i once rode my bike from eugene to portland on acid, with a flat tire on a shitty kmart mountain bike
even i had the sense to bring water
ah, to be a fixed fred again...
yeah, but the free shit!
8 states,
5 thousand miles,
2 lovers,
0 brakes.
awwwwwwww
OH MY GOD ANITA RETURNS
POST BEWBS LOL
am i missing something?
where is their gear/supplies?
well their bikes aren't in that pic either so i'm guessing it's all someplace else.
that or this whole thing is made up to troll tarckbike.com
No updates in two days = they were torn apart and devoured by a cougar after they stopped to refill their water bottles in a sewer drain behind a Special K 14 miles from where they started.
You've been up all night not drinking, haven't you?
is it me or does it not look like she's wearing anything
sports bra
also she looks like my auntie ginger when she was young
She looks extremely sunburned to me. If she's actually topless I reduce my initial assessment from 15 days to 10.
Holy fuck Kyle, I saw the thread title and thought they had already called it quits. I nervously opened the thread, then finally caught the change in tense. Phew.
$5 says they don't make it to the Rockies.
I am not a signature.
I predict they brake up.
hehe. I love futurama.
Fucking brilliant, haha.
So they're covering what, 60 miles per day? I think when they're eventually in their third month of trying to ride their bikes across the continent it becomes less an accomplishment than an embarassment.
Fuck it though, I'm gonna e-mail PAC and see if I can get a messenger bag so I can start blogging about how I fixie grocery shop every week.
Anal Beads Al-Qaeda Ball Gag NAMBLA
Talk that is real: If they were to come through Chicago I would put them up, ride their bikes over to the co-op, and then be like 'Bikes? You guys had bikes? No idea what you're talking about.'
They are alive! Must've just poosted an updated: http://americanfixedgear.com/2010/07/28/day-7-lubbock-tx/
60mi/day isn't that bad for touring atmo.
What is wrong with the female's shoulder? AWZOM FIXIE FIT AMIRITE?
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