[*BCM*] 4am ride

[Hiroyuki Yamada]

fixie = 2 syllables, fixed gear = 2 syllables; 2 =! 2?

unless you say "fix-ed" or "gee-ur," I think more of the issue is the 
two hard consonants back to back  :"icksT-Ge" (ish, I could look up the 
IPA for it, but I think this is clear).

Either way, "Fixed Gear" is a bit of a misnomer, the British term (fixed 
wheel) is a bit more accurate. that said, to someone who doesn't know 
what you're talking about (i.e. someone who doesn't ride bikes or know 
the bike culture) just saying "I ride fixed" won't be enough, and "fixed 
gear" or "fixie" sounds like a distinct entity in and of itself -- and 
more to the point, who gives a rat's ass?

Tracy : If you don't like the term, don't use it -- just as with 
anything (riding in the road, observing proper etiquette, utilizing 
signals, etc) about the best you can manage is to vote with your own 
actions, and to bollocks with anyone else. If you don't ride Fixie/fixed 
gear/fixed wheel, chances are you'll only ever hear it used by someone 
else, and in that case, just smile quietly to yourself in your inherent 
superiority for not using a "silly" phrase.

Myself, I'll continue to ride my fixie, and call it a single speed, 
fixed gear road bike when the time is appropriate, and fixie when 
appropriate. If someone calls my bike a penguin, I might think they were 
wrong, or even silly, but I wouldn't get my knickers in a twist about it.

Tah,
-Yuki

On 08/14/2009 07:40 PM, pat rick wrote:
> Fixie does sound silly, but fixed gear is one sylable too many for me 
> to say every time I want to describe a bike.
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:07 AM, jb fentner <symboliceon at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:symboliceon at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Killy?
>
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>     Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:13:36 -0400
>     From: r.p.levy at gmail.com <mailto:r.p.levy at gmail.com>
>     To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org <mailto:list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
>
>     Subject: Re: [*BCM*] 4am ride
>
>     Can someone fix the term "killy"?  Sorry.
>
>     On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:04 AM, tracy . <tracy0014 at hotmail.com
>     <mailto:tracy0014 at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Can someone kill the term fixie please?
>
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>         From: symboliceon at hotmail.com <mailto:symboliceon at hotmail.com>
>         To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
>         <mailto:list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
>         Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:45:22 -0400
>
>         Subject: Re: [*BCM*] 4am ride
>
>         Well, if you happened to notice some asshole on an orange
>         fixie with an orange chrome bag around the BU campus at 4am it
>         was this guy. would've joined the ride if circumstances
>         weren't what they were. 8]
>
>         > From: rnewman at thecia.net <mailto:rnewman at thecia.net>
>         > Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 12:19:00 -0400
>         > To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
>         <mailto:list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
>         > Subject: Re: [*BCM*] 4am ride
>         >
>         >
>         > On Aug 9, 2009, at 12:00 PM, bostoncriticalmass-
>         > request at bostoncriticalmass.org
>         <mailto:request at bostoncriticalmass.org> wrote:
>         >
>         > > can anyone provide me with some answers regarding why i just
>         > > witnessed about a hundred people on bikes obviously
>         partaking in
>         > > some ride that left off from the BU campus near the BU
>         bridge at
>         > > 4am while i was riding home?
>         >
>         > That was the Back Bay Midnight Pedalers' annual August ride,
>         which
>         > was announced here (among other places):
>         >
>         > http://bostonbiker.org/2009/07/27/boston-by-bike-at-night-2/
>         >
>         > Started in Copley Square, ended in Christopher Columbus
>         Park, and in
>         > between went through Back Bay, Beacon Hill, West End, MIT, East
>         > Cambridge, North Point Park, Charlestown, the Charles RIver Dam
>         > locks, the Esplanade, Bay State Road, BU, Brookline, Jamaica
>         Plain,
>         > Franklin Park, Columbia Road, South Boston, and Downtown
>         Crossing.
>         >
>         > I was on the ride, as was Charlie Denison who took photos:
>         >
>         >
>         http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2262189&id=9128842&ref=nf
>         <http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2262189&id=9128842&ref=nf>
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