I call this the rip-off quiz not because of the content, but because the concept of the Friday quiz is something I’ve blatantly stolen from BikeSnobNYC. I don’t do it nearly as well or as regularly, and I don’t even provide a way to tell whether your guess is correct (assuming there’s even a correct answer to begin with)—but other than that, it’s pretty much exactly the same. Oh well, maybe when I have his readership.
This time, at least, you should be able to sort out the correct answers with the links in the questions. Provided, again, if there are correct answers.
Anyway, on with the show.
1. The Fit FITED. LT is how much LTer than the regular FITED.?
a) 8.5 ounces
b) 5.5 ounces
c) 3.5 ounces
d) 0.5 ounces
2. Ryan Guettler’s upcoming Vans signature shoe will be called what?
a) The Superman
b) The Whip 3
c) The Hot Topics
d) The Podium
e) The Monster Boost Kicker
3. Felt shot their new range of parts in black and white because:
a) it reflects on the understated elegance of the brand
b) someone forgot to change the settings on the camera
c) colors are so 2007
d) it’s harder to tell that they’re just Taiwanese catalog parts
e) they outsourced the photography too
4. The new(ish) Fit Shiv fork’s legs are:
a) tapered
b) sharpened
c) scary
5. True or false: The Standard 250LITE is peg friendly.
a) True
b) False
c) Define “friendly”
6. Plegs now come in white. You should:
a) only use them on white ramps
b) never use them after Labor Day
c) re-think your entire color scheme and buy white tires as soon as possible
d) who cares, pegs are so 2005
7. I am currently listening to which song? (See last video for answer.)
a) Pink Floyd, “Bike”
b) Judas Priest, “Freewheel Burnin’”
c) Chamillionaire, “Ridin’ Dirty”
d) Saxon, “Wheels of Steel”
e) John Farnham, “Thunder In Your Heart”
I meant to post this yesterday with the Taj post, but I didn’t. About four or five years ago, I bought this Hoffman Bikes jersey on eBay. I think I paid somewhere around $60. It’s one that Taj allegedly wore in an X-Games (not this one, I guess), complete with his name on the back and blacked-out Boks logos. Here’s me shamelessly modeling it (I don’t think I’ve ever posted this photo anywhere before—for good reason.)
Nice hair, hippie.
Anyway, my friend DBZ lived in Austin at the time, and I figured I HAD to get Taj to sign the thing. After all, how many of these jerseys could there be? It’s not like I was gonna wear the thing. And I thought Taj would get a kick out of seeing it again. So I sent it off, and this is what I got back:
One of these days I’ll get around to framing it or something. In the meantime, anyone have a pair of Boks in a 9.5?
It’s an HB kind of week, I think:
