forgot the name of have have you no shame that he then puts pujo stickers on this man would rather rep a company that is a stale croissant husk of his former self than the person in his very own hometown that built this bike with their own two hands that's gotta be real embarrassing whenever you ride by the builder's place now let's see what happens when fake fixies go too far in this bike check of amon salonde's faux joe speaking of bikes you should check out this portion of the video is sponsored by wabi cycles to learn how to get the most fun out of your bike in NUMBER_TOKEN seconds or less be sure to watch me in wabi's video series three minute thursday by clicking the card above or by sticking around until the end of the video i've seen my fair share of fake fixies and it's always one of two scenarios either a company is trying to maliciously sell low quality bikes but command a higher price by making a fake version of a more desirable bike like the fake leaders that plagued the market back in the early NUMBER_TOKENs or it's people taking bikes as they already have and trying to make them look like more desirable bikes for more fixy points like people taking leaders or fake leaders and sprucing them up to look like bianchis or slapping bridgestone decals on a kilo tt you took out the the the faux bridgestone or my favorite fake bike of all time when michael painted his cannondale capo to look like a cannondale track whether it's a fake leader a fake rolex or children cutting the wires off of their earbuds to make them look like airpods people make and buy fake products as a shortcut to get the social status that those products promise it's all about the fixie points but who the hell wants a peugeot well peugeot turns out has some pretty cool routes they're one of those old-school companies that doesn't just make bikes no no they were founded all the way back in NUMBER_TOKEN as a steel company that just happened to also make bikes down the line before pujo was sold off to a bunch of different foreign investment firms they were a locally owned family-run business in france they made and still make under the same name but run by different people steal everything from tools to kitchenware to knives to cars in addition to bikes having a bonafide peugeot is like having the french version of a panasonic bike not gonna lie there's just something inherently super intriguing about being able to say that you ride a bike from the same company that's more well known for making toothbrushes and toaster ovens or in peugeot's case knives and cars except that peugeot is mostly known for making heavy cheap grandpa bikes instead of exquisitely made track bike masterpieces other than those little details panasonic and puja are pretty much the same thing if only this pujo was the real thing i could forgive faking and peugeot almost but faking a peugeot with a locally built custom-made bike that was tailored to your exact specifications and falsely attributing the good name and work of that builder to a faceless multinational corporation that's just unforgivable the frame is a
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