what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

When gas reaches $245 per gallon. When gas is no longer available at the pump. When gas is worth more than water. You’ll wish you'd bought that bicycle at that yard sale last summer. If you haven’t gathered this already, I don’t give a shit about gas prices. And if you want to tell me that even though I don’t drive a car, gas prices affect many things in my life, like the price of my FedEx deliveries or the price of my bananas at Safeway or the price of my ink cartridges at Office Depot. Yeah whatever. OK. Sounds good. So what. When gas goes sky high. All I need is a patch kit, some duct tape, a few zip ties and I’m good to go.

And on that same line I’d like to take a moment to think about the not-so-far off MadMax days. I am very partial to Australian Cattle dogs. They’re smart, very smart, painfully intelligent and intuitive, tough as nails and would make a worthy companion when the shit goes down.

But mostly I'd like to warn you that the flatbar tribe will dominate in the gas-free world. drop bars are functional, pista bars are trendy, riser bars are cute, moustache bars are stodgy, but flatbars kick ass. These various bars have their place in specialized competition or recreation but the flatbar does it all and will dominate when doing it all will need to be done.

6 Comments

that's why i ride flatbars. i'm planning on taking over the world when it all goes to hell.

Bullhorns son, are flat bars with built-in badass. You've never heard of a hornless bull inflicting the same amount of gore as the one with horns. Don't mess with the bull young man, you'll get the horns. Back to detention, I mean work.

Hmmm...patch kit (patches and container), zip ties, and duct tape are all petroleum-based products. Tires, too, and cable housing, if ya use it. Never mind the asphalt we all ride on. Oh and those flatbar grips?...petroleum-based. Now, my stodgy moustache bar is wrapped with cork tape. 8^) I'm with ya on the impending sturm-und-drang; I say, bring on the apocalypse; it'll be a blast watching everyone try to adapt while clinging to their high-input/low-output way of "life." We'll be way ahead of the curve, to be sure. Course, things will likely get very ugly at some point...

Andrea is an elder in the flatbar tribe. Case you make a case. The bullhorn tribe will kick a little ass, but will be dominated by the flatbar clan when the shit goes down. and iconoclasst, I sure do use some petro based products but I can carry all I need in my back pocket and stretch the life of the other stuff longer than a Cuban bike mechanic.

You know how I really feel though Mark. Mustache Handlebars and cloth tape, when combined with rain and wind and filthy hands and many boxes, emit the unmistakable 'smell of freedom'. Fuck, I miss that smell. I miss Andrea too. Card's in the mail my dear.

Foster: thanks for the spell check, but next time don't let it go 5 days. Your so smarte Foster, and your a good speler to and your good at contraction's and punkiation.

Add Comment

Your Name: (Required)

Comment:

Please enter the 4 to 6 character security code:

(This is to prevent automated comments.)