tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post7044925046694471077..comments2024-02-13T10:35:04.139-05:00Comments on SPRFLS: Worldwide PantsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-40764518993409531062008-08-11T17:00:00.000-04:002008-08-11T17:00:00.000-04:00Hey, Tom, it's bike shops and distributors in Cana...Hey, Tom, it's bike shops and distributors in Canada, stop sending bike parts to our country as "gifts" and undercutting us, thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-71468047427682722842008-08-08T14:37:00.000-04:002008-08-08T14:37:00.000-04:00Hey Tom, this is Jeff from Canada. I got my copy o...Hey Tom, this is Jeff from Canada. I got my copy of Tomorrow We Work a few days ago. Thanks a ton!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-4857309151634738242008-08-08T05:45:00.000-04:002008-08-08T05:45:00.000-04:00i'm in no way a 'hipster' but i've worn a shoelace...i'm in no way a 'hipster' but i've worn a shoelace as a belt. but that was because i was skint and had just broken the buckle on the only belt i owned...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-85956989113731226292008-08-08T03:04:00.000-04:002008-08-08T03:04:00.000-04:00i'll buy anything cheaperi'll buy anything cheaperAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-41999976485821559492008-08-07T22:32:00.000-04:002008-08-07T22:32:00.000-04:00the kitten shirt is the worst design i've seen all...the kitten shirt is the worst design i've seen all year. 2nd is the aitken can-can.bkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247418130398315964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-61520715999198840682008-08-07T17:10:00.000-04:002008-08-07T17:10:00.000-04:00Oops...sorry for the garbled syntax. I'm spacing a...Oops...sorry for the garbled syntax. I'm spacing at work...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-35514806649548417662008-08-07T17:08:00.000-04:002008-08-07T17:08:00.000-04:00I agree with both Todd from Albe's and Tom fro...I agree with both Todd from Albe's and Tom from Empire, but that's because I'm a musty old fart who still rides children's bikes. This quote from Tom got me, though: "Animal are probably the same way, and looking for challenging and interesting ways to keep shit fresh AND expand Animal." I have to say that the kitten T-shirt is neither fresh, nor interesting, but truly heinous. I'm sure to see it on some track bike riding hipster sipping cappucino here in SF and using a shoelace for a belt. It doesn't bother me that animal makes jeans or shirts, but what about having some kind of brand image? Look at S&M or FBMs shirts...they all seem to rep what the companies are about. The kitten thing is a company that's all about a company whose image is four pegs, NYC street hardcore trying to sell weak shit to impressionable kids. Or, perhaps, they're working on a "kinder, gentler" Animal, now with kittens in every box!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-58656467266318946732008-08-07T15:08:00.000-04:002008-08-07T15:08:00.000-04:00i love freecoasters, the industry needs more of th...i love freecoasters, the industry needs more of themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-13942284609534434172008-08-07T15:01:00.000-04:002008-08-07T15:01:00.000-04:00todd, you should get a freecoaster for all that ba...todd, you should get a freecoaster for all that back pedaling you're doingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-11755843546299687862008-08-07T14:40:00.000-04:002008-08-07T14:40:00.000-04:00^ they have a custom print, at least^ they have a custom print, at leastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-84346405286567257842008-08-07T13:08:00.000-04:002008-08-07T13:08:00.000-04:00i pretty much agree with what Todd said, i just do...i pretty much agree with what Todd said, i just don't think that every company that makes a lot of stuff is doing it to shake down anyone. simply putting a logo on a generic item is lame. researching, tweaking, and bringing something cool to the table isn't. that's all i'm saying<BR/><BR/>if you listen to any of my co-workers, my opinion is never correct :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-19683698617496552702008-08-07T12:53:00.000-04:002008-08-07T12:53:00.000-04:00ass handed to me? all he did was say that he was ...ass handed to me? all he did was say that he was drunk and and didn't mind having BMX logos on anything and everything. whatever, i can take it. <BR/><BR/>anyway, after getting publicly Here) and privately (my personal e-mail) told i am 1) an idiot who should keep my opinions to myself and accept whatever the industry around me wants to do and 2) that whatever Empire does is always going to be better than whetever we do, i need to point out that what i wrote yesterday in this post was meant to be a sort of light hearted look back at the BMX industry and how things have changed. my opinion is not nor will it ever be meant as the law in this industry. i also don't think Porsche should be making SUVs but that's an opinion...opinions can't be wrong, just different. do i mind if FBM makes frames? why the hell would i? and if it bothered me that much we wouldn't sell them. will we stock the Animal jeans that prompted this post? of course, they're just pants. i was very simply pointing out that things are different now than they were and apparently all Hell broke loose because of it. i never said one way of thought was better or worse...just different than it used to be. i know that the new world of BMX is to surround yourself with BMX branded everything just as skateboarding has done for a long time so even when you're not actually at the park everyone at the KOA campground can tell by your Spitfire Zippo, Krooked paint marker, Anti-Hero thermos, Alien Workshop pillow and Consolidated sleeping bag that you're "into it". again, it was meant to be a good natured look back at days gone by but sometimes it seems as the good nature of the sport has been long abandoned and those that still get it are the ones that don't have time to fire off anonomys posts full of keyboard courage because they're off at the dry cleaner picking up their Vision Street Wear Alpha-barb pants. at this rate i'll be lucky if i have any customers at all by the end of the week...at least any under thirty years old. things i have learned: Tom's opinions are always the right opinions (not mad at you Tom, we're still friends) and whatever i type seems to make everyone under twenty years old angry. sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-65231324023792041042008-08-07T12:30:00.000-04:002008-08-07T12:30:00.000-04:00Awesome. Mail order wars via a blog!Already feels...Awesome. Mail order wars via a blog!<BR/><BR/>Already feels like the old days...Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09340428087762726550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-81026468104804176802008-08-07T12:03:00.000-04:002008-08-07T12:03:00.000-04:00awesome. todd, how does it feel to have your ass h...awesome. todd, how does it feel to have your ass handed to you by the King, Tom!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-75504595102437133972008-08-07T11:46:00.000-04:002008-08-07T11:46:00.000-04:00Thanks Tom, now i dont have to type so much. agree...Thanks Tom, now i dont have to type so much. agreed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-384476186591959692008-08-07T10:26:00.000-04:002008-08-07T10:26:00.000-04:00Those jeans are not nearly tight enough to warrant...Those jeans are not nearly tight enough to warrant this article. If anything I would consider them a normal cut jean. This blog is a good read when your point are valid, but now it seems like you are looking for stuff to moan about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-54053313548446913452008-08-07T10:22:00.000-04:002008-08-07T10:22:00.000-04:00I thought I clicked the right one...I thought I clicked the right one...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-59212771385453203292008-08-07T10:20:00.000-04:002008-08-07T10:20:00.000-04:00Congratulations Tom, very well said, you're not a ...Congratulations Tom, very well said, you're not a bitch, and I'm very thankful there's at least one of you out there. I can't understand why people don't get that there's satisfaction in bringing a project, whatever the fuck it is, to fruition. To limit what you can do is silly.<BR/><BR/>I myself am pretty psyched that FBM branched out from the t-shirt only thing. I'm guessing there's at least a couple others as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-56476853895667859502008-08-07T09:36:00.000-04:002008-08-07T09:36:00.000-04:00more softgoods = higher marginsgotta eat, kids.more softgoods = higher margins<BR/><BR/>gotta eat, kids.bkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247418130398315964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-11740851117798303942008-08-07T07:03:00.000-04:002008-08-07T07:03:00.000-04:00I've decided that I would TOTALLY buy an Animal ti...I've decided that I would TOTALLY buy an Animal tie. They can even use my, uh, "design".Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03648040810233420802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-57615188022680939732008-08-07T06:30:00.000-04:002008-08-07T06:30:00.000-04:00Don't a lot of companies use the soft goods (t-shi...Don't a lot of companies use the soft goods (t-shirts, hats, thongs, etc) as a source of cash flow? in that it's cheaper and quicker to get a 1000 t-shirts knocked up, distributed and sold than it is to do the same with a 1000 frames.<BR/><BR/>Sure, you'll make more money back in the long run on the frames, but the money from the soft goods keeps the company ticking over with income.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-84431023301419892602008-08-07T05:40:00.000-04:002008-08-07T05:40:00.000-04:00A big part of BMX is photography, fashion is going...A big part of BMX is photography, fashion is going to get involved whether you like it or not. <BR/>I have a few nice BMX tees (like an animal one with gas masks on) but I don't wear them to ride as I'm paranoid I'll fall and rip them. Same with the jeans, I buy mine from primark for £6 no way I am gonna ride and get oil, dirt and holes in £50 pair of jeans.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2388/2039376167_a551969604.jpg?v=0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-37567355061220733792008-08-07T04:39:00.000-04:002008-08-07T04:39:00.000-04:00Slim fit girls jeans are best worn by slim fit gir...Slim fit girls jeans are best worn by slim fit girlsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-85893002520102612062008-08-07T02:34:00.000-04:002008-08-07T02:34:00.000-04:00BLACK METAL, HEIL SATAN!!!!BLACK METAL, HEIL SATAN!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-44028306970698267732008-08-07T02:32:00.000-04:002008-08-07T02:32:00.000-04:00I don't know, bmx has always had sort of the pseud...I don't know, bmx has always had sort of the pseudo-artform thing going on. I mean, we're all out there trying to tricks that feel cool, but also look good. So wearing clothes we like/riding bike parts that are fashionable is part of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com