{"id":36,"date":"2009-07-06T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/?p=36"},"modified":"2010-06-04T19:02:55","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T19:02:55","slug":"amen-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/2009\/07\/06\/amen-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Amen, brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ravenfamily.org\/sam\/avatars\/nicehat.jpg\" title=\"And please, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, if you value your life, don't ask my advice on which helmet to buy.\" hspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" \/>I can only imagine <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ravenfamily.org\/sam\/frog\/graphics\/userinfo.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/thudthwacker.livejournal.com\">Thudthwacker<\/a> really loves me because he said he read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigslist.org\/about\/best\/sea\/1192150038.html\">this<\/a> and thought of me (and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ravenfamily.org\/sam\/frog\/graphics\/userinfo.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/andygates.livejournal.com\">Munky<\/a>, to be fair, but that&#8217;s an awkward threesome).<\/p>\n<p>You really need to read the whole thing for full FLAVR, but I shall present you with an excerpt or two that I found particularly lulzy with which to whet your appetite:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If some twat on some message board somewhere says that you can use the lockring from your bottom bracket as a lockring for a fixie conversion doesn&#8217;t mean that A: you can, or B: you should. Please listen to me on this stuff, I really do have your best interests at heart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So you want a bike that you can ride to work, goes really fast, is good for that triathlon you&#8217;re doing this summer (snicker), is good on trails and mud, and costs less than $300. Yeah. Listen, I want a car that can go 200 miles an hour, tow a boat, has room for five adults, is easy to parallel park but can carry plywood, gets 60mpg, and only costs $3,000. I also want a unicorn to blow me. What are we even talking about here? Oh yeah. Listen, bikes can be fast, light, cheap and comfortable. Pick two, and we&#8217;re all good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes indeedy. Especially on the lockring. I was never convinced about that. I can think of a few others, too, especially that one where they say you can convert a single speed into a fixed hub using araldite. Buh. I personally wouldn&#8217;t trust araldite to stop the damn thing slipping, but, you know, I don&#8217;t mind buying a fixed hub and rebuilding the wheel. If you think it&#8217;s easier and better to shove epoxy resin into the freewheel then good luck to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can only imagine Thudthwacker really loves me because he said he read this and thought of me (and Munky, to be fair, but that&#8217;s an awkward threesome). 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