Chicagoland People?

[rfritz]

Does anyone know what this patch is from? I got it from someone at the SSWC2005 and never got a chance to ask them about it.

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[Hand/of/Midas]

sorry,dont know. probally one of the many fixie crew logos. cuz as you can see there are no brake levers on it. and let me tell you we got a freaken ton of fixies here, wait no, we got way way more then 2000 LBS of fixies here.

[Cricket]

sorry,dont know. probally one of the many fixie crew logos. cuz as you can see there are no brake levers on it.
That's hardcore, not only have they no brakes but no spokes either. It must be beautiful watching them float by with only their log chain or U-lock weighing them down.

[bafc23]

that logo was originally posted on line by some guy or group called 685 dot com or something akin to that - I believe from the Dakotas, or Kansas, or downtown Portland, can't really recall. around a year later, after everyone and his uncle co-opted the groovy design for their own purposes he went back on line trying to claim cease and desist against anyone who had used it without asking for permission or at least letting him know they were ganking his graf. last I saw, somewhere in the myriad digital snaps from this year's inbred-bikeshow, SockGuy is doing a run of socks with the logo - officially for mr six eight five. you could look all of this up on the interwebs if you want; i ain't got time to find links but it's true cause I read it on the tubes.

here's J.Maus take on it from a few years back
http://bikeportland.org/2006/08/30/mystery-bike-stencils-pop-up-around-city/