POSTED BY

Steven Leckart

AT 11:10 AM
Thursday May 7, 2009

Sports and SurvivalVehicles

Pow! Biff! Bang!: brass knuckle handlebars

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Whatever you do, don't tell the builder of this custom track bike that fixed gears are the new trucker caps.

[Velospace via Bike Snob NYC]

18 Comments

kpkpkp

#1 – 11:15 AM May 7, 2009

Good luck with a speedy exit, your fingers intertwined with handlebars.

Combine these with clip-in shoes for complete doom.

Brandon West

#2 – 11:17 AM May 7, 2009

These are dumb.

Clip-in shoes are not dangerous at all if you adjust them properly.

georgelazenby

#3 – 11:26 AM May 7, 2009

Breaking eight fingers at once sounds like a blast.

The Lizardman

#4 – 12:05 PM May 7, 2009

Hmmm, lets try taking this bike to the airport

Pixel

#5 – 12:27 PM May 7, 2009

This reminds me of something I saw somewhere where a motorcycle rider was talking about having a suicide shifter[1] on his bike with a set of brass knuckles as the knob.
He was pulled over and hassled by a cop because brass knuckles were illegal in his state. He then explained to the cop "They're welded on the shifter, so I'd have to punch the guy with my entire bike. At which point the brass knuckles are the least of his problems."
The cop let him go.


[1]shift lever sicking up that is shifted by hand, rather than shifting with your foot.

btb

#6 – 2:00 PM May 7, 2009

fixed gear's are the new trucker caps.

Naw, just ones with no front brake.

Secret_Life_of_Plants

#7 – 2:40 PM May 7, 2009

My goodness that's a bad idea.

ZoopyFunk

#8 – 3:59 PM May 7, 2009

This is Dee to the Oh to the Pee to eh Eee.

At least it will leave you with your opposable thumbs.

winkybb

#9 – 4:21 PM May 7, 2009

"gear's"?! May apostrophe-man strike you down.

Anonymous Anonymous

#10 – 4:45 PM May 7, 2009

they're also the new roller blades. They get around.

strider_mt2k

#11 – 7:13 PM May 7, 2009

You got a brand new key?

sparkdale

#12 – 11:33 PM May 7, 2009

Actually the keffiyeh is the new trucker cap. Fixed gear's are the new longboards.

Marshall

#13 – 7:51 AM May 8, 2009

#12 FTW. A rider on a fixie wearing a keffiyeh - all too common in LA.

aj

#14 – 9:43 AM May 8, 2009

ALL fixie riders should be required to use these.

Anonymous Anonymous

#15 – 2:42 PM May 8, 2009

am i the only one who thinks these are slip ons? i've been looking at these things doing the rounds and it looks to me like the copper caps are part of a tube that come off of the handlebars. it's still a stupid idea, but i think they're meant to be weapons.

flatfive

#16 – 1:16 PM May 10, 2009

If that's the case, I'm all for them. Motorbikes or pushers, all of us on two wheels need every possible advantage for survival.

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