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Pantsofmagic@lemmy.worldM to no context@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

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  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    I thought, I was confused by “mushroom grips”, but his crotch being labeled “Special Purpose” definitely beats it…

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      Lmao, I thought it was pointing at the seat, but no, it goes right past it lolol

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        Pretty sure it’s indicating the padded crossbar.

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          Nah, obviously it is pointing towards his genitals, there is no other way

          • Davel23@fedia.io
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            I stand corrected.

    • athairmor@lemmy.world
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      In the movie The Jerk, Steve Martin’s character writes a letter to his mother saying he learned what his “special purpose” was for after having sex for the first time. Presumably, that was the way she explained his penis to him. This must be a reference to that.

    • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      …it went drip drip drip

  • batdad90@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I love when vintage finds are still relevant today.

  • SpecialPurpose@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Finally, some proper representation.

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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      Well this is mildly epic

  • treadful@lemmy.zip
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    Special Purpose is almost as rad as Mushroom grips.

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    A bike with a stick shifter?

    /edit; huh, til

    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=stick+shift+bicycle&iax=images&ia=images

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Special purpose.

    Holy shit, that’s old.

  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
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    I wonder who here is old enough to get the reference…

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    You won’t catch me riding that thing. Here’s my bike, no brakes, no gears, no reflectors, no context…

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=sP2ZRLeRdR0

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      7 months ago

      Shut up, Brian

      • over_clox@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Just… have an upvote 😂

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          Nice bike for real tho bro

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      “Fixed gears; steel frame; no brakes. The bike can not coast. The pedals never stop turning. Can’t stop. Don’t want to either.”

      https://youtube.com/watch?v=UMQwFhYMlqY&t=38s

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        LOL, that’s a fixie. I have a freewheel. My shoes are my brakes.

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        Ahh, the movie that solidified my hatred of cyclists.

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      So I guess you don’t want to be awesome.

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        I don’t need internet clout to tell me I’m awesome. Has anyone else done a footjam trick barefoot, no injuries?

        https://youtube.com/watch?v=gqoy1waIEyU

    • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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      no gears

      I clearly see one gear at the hub there m8

      • over_clox@lemmy.world
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        No shiftable/selectable gears, single speed. You know what I meant LOL!

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    That shifter is amazing.

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    Now is definitely the time to share one of my least useful bits of random knowledge, which is that (this IS related) Nicole Kidman was in a movie in the early 80s called BMX BANDITS.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMX_Bandits_(film)

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    what would 10 speed mean here? 2x5?

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      Yep, 2x5 seems right. 3x3.33333… would be difficult to implement and 1x10 wasn’t a thing back then at least with derailleur

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    This looks like the late 80s (or maybe early 90s) and what looks like a freestyle BMX bike with the caption “how to be awesome” - but no mention of Haro or Diamondback? I call bullshit.

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      Don’t BMX bikes typically not have gears?

      • Supervisor194@lemmy.world
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        Hell if I know. Were bikes with gears considered how to be awesome in the 80s or 90s?

      • Nomecks
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        No gears, brakes in the middle of the rear triangle, low, sloped back seat and taller handlebars.

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        Where i live they didn’t have gears, yet they had a gear shifter, just for the cool factor, I guess

  • badbytes@lemmy.world
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    Pubes shirt?

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    If only a person’s belongings were a true representation of their character.

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    And the ball protector 3000

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