It's not about the bike

[kaze]

"Beastley informed us that he’d just departed a harsh winter in his native land, the Yukon Territory. He’d hopped a series of freight trains to complete the 3,100-mile journey. His $200 fat bike was fresh off a Walmart showroom floor."...

http://www.bikemag.com/news/news-fat-and-furious/

:beer:

[rice rocket]

Oh, they've hit the stores already? Even since I saw the news article about them, I've been meaning to pick one up...

$200 is a throwaway price, I think I spent more on tires last year.

[charliedid]

What a world.

I knew guys like that in Colorado in the mid 80's. They would rip any (I mean any) run at Vail mountain on the ****tiest equipment imaginable. I worked with a guy from Maine who would ski the steepest runs in the worst conditions on mountain touring telemark skis and low-cut leather boots and utterly kill it. He rode his bike to Vail from Maine, worked that year and then rode to Alaska. He carried everything in a mid size backpack including his ski equipment. And he NEVER ever complained about anything.

I ain't sh*t compared to people like that.

Manuel just made my freeking week.

[staggerwing]

Dig around, you bought it hook, line and sinker.

Great story though.

[charliedid]

Dig around, you bought it hook, line and sinker.

Great story though.

Ah crap...really?

I half wondered about that whilst reading it.

haha!