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apparently my bike is "BEAST"

26 posts & 19 voices | Started 8 months ago by therealhoops | Latest reply from bullheart

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therealhoops - Member

Whilst walking the boy to school (him in one hand bike in another) I overheard some older kids, from an older school, saying "dat bike is BEAST".
The "BEAST" in question:

Last year it was "WELL SICK". I can't keep up wid da youff. Are these terms of appreciation? is the ultimate a "WELL SICK BEAST"? This isn't an excuse to show off my awesome bike revitalisation skills, it's more a realisation that I'm not young anymore and probably haven't been for some time. I can't be the only one not down wit da kidz....

Posted 8 months ago #
CaptainFlashheart - Member

*Warms up flaming torches for the bar end lynch mob!*

Posted 8 months ago #
flip - Member

Bar end fail

EDIT: beaten to it

Posted 8 months ago #
therealhoops - Member

Bar end fail......I fear not baby puppy, it is YOU that is in trouble.
They're Coda Ski Bends and most DEFINITELY on the correct way round.

Posted 8 months ago #
ir_bandito - Member

Bar end fail

'fraid so. They're on risers....

(and upside down)

Posted 8 months ago #
soobalias - Member

orientate how you like, the risers are the issue

yes, grandad, those were term of appreciation from the yoof.

Posted 8 months ago #
philconsequence - Member

i need some anodised purple bar ends.

Posted 8 months ago #
therealhoops - Member

Are bar ends on risers a faux pas? blimey, I must be older than I think!!! It's WELL SICK BEAST comfy though.

pipe'n'slippers over here when you're ready

Posted 8 months ago #
phil.w - Member

blimey, I must be older than I think!!!

it's not an age thing. been a faux pas since risers were invented.

Posted 8 months ago #
camo16 - Member

I have a 'skillz bike' - or so da kidz tells me.

They asked to see some moves... but unfortunately the space was too small to display my skillz.

Didn't know there was such a thing as a skillz bike... I know now. Thanks, da kidz!

Posted 8 months ago #
Stoner - Member

Dont mock the bar end/riser thing, hes just practising his hand position:

Posted 8 months ago #
therealhoops - Member

stoner - what tyres?

Posted 8 months ago #
Elfinsafety - Member

According to some young ladies I once encountered pon da street, I am 'well buff'.

Was a while ago, although I don't think my buffness has diminished that much really.

If I ever achieve the status of being 'butters', then I will become concerned. Prob not going to happen really though, let's be honest.

Posted 8 months ago #
Junkyard - Member

bare ends on carbon risers with ergon grips to boot
Like I care what you think.
The SS has normal grips and proper bar ends for added leeverage.

Posted 8 months ago #
richmtb - Member

I once got a round of applause from the local yoofs for riding down a twisty set of steps. One of them said "Wow! that was like Danny Macaskill" proudest moment of my riding career!

Posted 8 months ago #
wwaswas - Member

It's amazing how much a 'Nice bike, Mister' from a bunch of kids boosts your confidence.

Posted 8 months ago #
camo16 - Member

It's amazing how much a 'Nice bike, Mister' from a bunch of kids boosts your confidence.

Or (whilst on a previous bike) how much 'hey, your ride's sh*t!' from a throng of hoodz can make you feel old and poor.

Posted 8 months ago #
emsz - Member

It's a Pro bike, def.

Posted 8 months ago #
richmtb - Member

fo' shizzle

Posted 8 months ago #
philconsequence - Member

standard

Posted 8 months ago #
toby1 - Member

I'd have asked how you managed to use that much travel walking your kid to skool(sic)!

Posted 8 months ago #
almightydutch - Member

I'd say cut your brake cables down a bit but they look like Elixir's so with the amount of aggro most people seem to suffer with Avids it may be better to leave em that LONG

Posted 8 months ago #
godzilla - Member

If you walking with a child in some parts of the north east and someone say's "WELL SICK BEAST" it's not a good thing.

Posted 8 months ago #
DaRC_L - Member

I am 'well buff'.

I am told, by my youngest, that apparently the aim is to be 'hench'

Posted 8 months ago #
wwaswas - Member

I am told, by my youngest, that apparently the aim is to be 'hench'

My son told me that the other day, too.

'Built like a henchman' - fit and strong.

Posted 8 months ago #
bullheart - Member

I am regularly described as 'hench' by the yoot in my school.

Posted 8 months ago #