maqroll Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 What's the point of fixed gear bikes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Is the whole face-saving thing relevant to modern day China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 What's the point of fixed gear bikes? Sprinting. On the roads? Very little. I'd go as far as to say they should be outlawed in suburban areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) What's the point of fixed gear bikes? Sprinting. On the roads? Very little. I'd go as far as to say they should be outlawed in suburban areas. Seems they're more of a hipster status thing. I see a few of them on "Ello" public profiles.... Edited September 30, 2014 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Is the whole face-saving thing relevant to modern day China? In regards to the Hong Kong uprising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Not really, I was just wondering. The whole concept of 'honour' (especially 'family honour') is something I can't quite get my head around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Not really, I was just wondering. The whole concept of 'honour' (especially 'family honour') is something I can't quite get my head around. I think generally, that saving face thing still exists, especially amongst the upper classes. Suicide before surrender is probably the most drastic manifestation of the mindset, after "honor" killings.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I know I just went from Japan to Pakistan there, but it's still all Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 What's the point of fixed gear bikes? Well, for one of my mates, he says he uses it for fitness and conditioning... personally, I think he bought it because he's hooked on the tech toy side of cycling like all the other mamils and having a different gear set helped him justify acquiring another bike. I have no problem with his constant upgrading, so far I've spent a total of £100 taking two of his older bikes off his hands - bikes that would cost closer to a grand if I needed them to be brand new and from Halfords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Is the whole face-saving thing relevant to modern day China? In regards to the Hong Kong uprising? I'm no expert (although I'm at uni right now and may choose to specialise in Chinese studies in the future) - if we're talking about the central leadership, then my gut feeling is no. They've done a lot of things (cracking down on protests, etc) that aren't popular with the Western media, which suggests that they are other things they are more worried about than what Westerners think of their actions. That said, I do get the feeling that Hong Kong's a little different, given how important it is as a global financial hub - this isn't backwater Xinjiang or Tibet, this is cosmopolitan Hong Kong we're talking about, and any rash action here could quite possibly dampen the confidence foreign investors have with regard to doing business in the rest of China - businessmen like safety and don't like government interference, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I know I just went from Japan to Pakistan there, but it's still all Asia. Asia is massive (not to mention that it's a European concept, really - I mean, lumping India and China into the same cultural group is just.). Be wary of overgeneralisations. "Saving face." Hmm, tricky. It would be hard to tell, I think, if an expression of shame is a manifestation of cultural notions of honour or merely human nature. For example, I'm tempted to think of East Asian parents feeling ashamed whenever their children get bad grades in school - but how is this any different from a parent in the West feeling a sense of shame when his children act rowdily in public? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonyh29 Posted September 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2014 Not really, I was just wondering. The whole concept of 'honour' (especially 'family honour') is something I can't quite get my head around. I think generally, that saving face thing still exists, especially amongst the upper classes. Suicide before surrender is probably the most drastic manifestation of the mindset, after "honor" killings.... cough ** honour *** cough we will be having none of that American spelling on here thank you very much , just cause the French bailed you out in 1778 doesn't give you the right to invent your own language 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) Not really, I was just wondering. The whole concept of 'honour' (especially 'family honour') is something I can't quite get my head around. I think generally, that saving face thing still exists, especially amongst the upper classes. Suicide before surrender is probably the most drastic manifestation of the mindset, after "honor" killings.... cough ** honour *** cough we will be having none of that American spelling on here thank you very much , just cause the French bailed you out in 1778 doesn't give you the right to invent your own language Can of... Nevermind. Edited September 30, 2014 by legov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 What the hell is a fixed gear bike??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 What the hell is a fixed gear bike??? It's a bike that has one big "gear" that is attached directly to the rear wheel, which means the peddles always travel around with the rear wheel. Like a spinning bike, if you know what one of those is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) You can also cycle in reverse on one. (I think) Edited September 30, 2014 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 'Face' is big in Thailand. Someone would rather argue a point they know is incorrect then admitting they are wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 So what do you do when you are going up hills or dodgy terrain and stuff like that? I thought that was why bikes had gears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 So what do you do when you are going up hills or dodgy terrain and stuff like that? I thought that was why bikes had gears Peddle harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 So what do you do when you are going up hills or dodgy terrain and stuff like that? I thought that was why bikes had gears Get off and walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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