# Why do...?

**URL:** <https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602>\
**Category:** Pub\
**Created:** [February 27, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602 "2012-02-27T13:40:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![familyguy](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/familyguy/32/353_2.png) [@familyguy](https://fixed.org.au/u/familyguy)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/81 "2012-02-29T19:16:04Z")

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> [@horatio](#):
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> Most useless thread of all time.
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> OP starts with ‘I find fast riders annoying because they pass me…’?? Says big daddy flat bar panier super commuter
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> I shudder to imagine what they would think of this forum…

Can I just go on record saying I posted on page 1 of that thread saying “I dont care who does it as long as they’re not blowing reds”? Thank you.

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**Author:** ![HeavyMetalCyclist](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/heavymetalcyclist/32/209_2.png) [@HeavyMetalCyclist](https://fixed.org.au/u/HeavyMetalCyclist)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/82 "2012-02-29T19:17:19Z")

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> [@P\_N20](#):
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> You know some of our esteemed colleagues swing both ways?

and they are dead to me.

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**Author:** ![nexus](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/nexus/32/13_2.png) [@nexus](https://fixed.org.au/u/nexus)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/83 "2012-02-29T19:26:17Z")

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fence sitters !

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**Author:** ![horatio](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/horatio/32/42_2.png) [@horatio](https://fixed.org.au/u/horatio)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/84 "2012-02-29T19:29:02Z")

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> [@familyguy](#):
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> Can I just go on record saying I posted on page 1 of that thread saying “I dont care who does it as long as they’re not blowing reds”? Thank you.

We appreciate your honesty

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Commuter](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/captain_commuter/32/16_2.png) [@Captain\_Commuter](https://fixed.org.au/u/Captain_Commuter)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/85 "2012-02-29T19:33:31Z")

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\<----- Hi Vis Big Daddy Goose Faggot right there.

I left work early yesterday, around 2:30. Had the bayside path to myself, just me and my friend the wind…

[//youtu.be/CTgloMcGh7k](https://youtu.be/CTgloMcGh7k)

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**Author:** ![familyguy](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/familyguy/32/353_2.png) [@familyguy](https://fixed.org.au/u/familyguy)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/86 "2012-02-29T19:40:19Z")

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HI, I’m Jim, and I’m a BNA regular…

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**Author:** ![rolly](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/rolly/32/280_2.png) [@rolly](https://fixed.org.au/u/rolly)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/87 "2012-02-29T19:45:07Z")

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**Author:** ![alexb618](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/alexb618/32/23_2.png) [@alexb618](https://fixed.org.au/u/alexb618)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/88 "2012-02-29T19:46:26Z")

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**Author:** ![el\_Brado](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/el_brado/32/99_2.png) [@el\_Brado](https://fixed.org.au/u/el_Brado)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/89 "2012-02-29T20:02:30Z")

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I visit BNA for the trade thread.

Where else can you get used spd sandals?

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**Author:** ![n81](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/n81/32/195_2.png) [@n81](https://fixed.org.au/u/n81)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/90 "2012-02-29T20:06:06Z")

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lol

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**Author:** ![heavymetal](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/heavymetal/32/69_2.png) [@heavymetal](https://fixed.org.au/u/heavymetal)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/91 "2012-02-29T20:25:33Z")

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> [@el\_Brado](#):
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> I visit BNA for the trade thread.
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> Where else can you get used spd sandals?

Link?

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**Author:** ![dfunkt](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/dfunkt/32/392_2.png) [@dfunkt](https://fixed.org.au/u/dfunkt)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/92 "2012-02-29T20:25:40Z")

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> [@el\_Brado](#):
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> Where else can you get used spd sandals?

did see lady on tuesday in the rain riding in sandals and clips…maybe couldn’t afford the spd version.

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**Author:** ![spirito](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/spirito/32/260_2.png) [@spirito](https://fixed.org.au/u/spirito)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/93 "2012-02-29T20:30:12Z")

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I’m on BNA but not a God Botherer … does that make me a 1%'er ???

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**Author:** ![rearviewmirror](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/rearviewmirror/32/250_2.png) [@rearviewmirror](https://fixed.org.au/u/rearviewmirror)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/94 "2012-02-29T20:36:47Z")

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The people who post stories about riding fast at 28km/h or chasing down the next one remind of the people dress up in medieval gear and hang out in parks.

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**Author:** ![JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/jln_not_zltn/32/74_2.png) [@JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/u/JLN_not_ZLTN)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/95 "2012-02-29T20:44:17Z")

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> [@el\_Brado](#):
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> I visit BNA for the trade thread.
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> Where else can you get used spd sandals?

I actually saw a guy riding in these the other night. I lol’d.

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**Author:** ![el\_Brado](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/el_brado/32/99_2.png) [@el\_Brado](https://fixed.org.au/u/el_Brado)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/96 "2012-02-29T20:47:35Z")

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> [@heavymetal](#):
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> Link?

If I found and posted said link that would make me an [enabler](http://drphil.com/articles/article/680), and the good doctor doesn’t like that.

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**Author:** ![heavymetal](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/heavymetal/32/69_2.png) [@heavymetal](https://fixed.org.au/u/heavymetal)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/97 "2012-02-29T20:51:13Z")

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> [@el\_Brado](#):
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> If I found and posted said link that would make me an [enabler](http://drphil.com/articles/article/680), and the good doctor doesn’t like that.

I actually do want some spd sandals, but buying 2nd hand would be downright rank. Sandals would be perfick for these humid/rainy Sydney commutes…

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**Author:** ![JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/jln_not_zltn/32/74_2.png) [@JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/u/JLN_not_ZLTN)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/98 "2012-02-29T20:56:24Z")

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In winter you just need to pair them up with a good pair of socks and you’re set!

Maybe get some wetsuit booties for the wet days.

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**Author:** ![HeavyMetalCyclist](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/heavymetalcyclist/32/209_2.png) [@HeavyMetalCyclist](https://fixed.org.au/u/HeavyMetalCyclist)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/99 "2012-02-29T20:56:35Z")

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> [@heavymetal](#):
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> I actually do want some spd sandals, but buying 2nd hand would be downright rank. Sandals would be perfick for these humid/rainy Sydney commutes…

when i read about your increasingly erratic beardo tendencies, i have to remind myself that it was not so long ago that you were riding a fixie with pursuit geo on the street.

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Commuter](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/captain_commuter/32/16_2.png) [@Captain\_Commuter](https://fixed.org.au/u/Captain_Commuter)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/why-do/55602/100 "2012-02-29T21:06:42Z")

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> [@JLN\_not\_ZLTN](#):
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> In winter you just need to pair them up with a good pair of socks and you’re set!
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> Maybe get some wetsuit booties for the wet days.

Sealskinz

[Wiggle | SealSkinz Thick Mid Length Sock Waterproof Socks](http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sealskinz-thick-mid-length-sock/)

with SPD sandals…now you got me thinking

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