Considering getting out?

If you have ever considered selling your fixed gear and getting into..well getting into something else, this might be your golden opportunity.
this ad is currently running on Craigslist Phoenix:

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> farm & garden

Mantis Tiller trade for Fixie (Tempe)

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Reply to: mailto:sale-698614070@craigslist.org?subject=Mantis%20Tiller%20trade%20for%20Fixie%20(Tempe)

Date: 2008-05-28, 1:02PM MST

I have a Mantis Tiller and I'm looking to trade it for a fixed gear track bike. If any of you urban fixed geared hipster want to trade the ride in for the farm life, this is the deal for you.

• Location: Tempe
  
  
• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 698614070

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I know some of you are thinking to yourself: "I didn't know Fuji came out with a new track model? Ive never even heard of the Mantis Tiller? Does it come with horizontal dropouts?"
This is a picture of an actual Mantis tiller.

I can picture the two interested parties meeting somewhere downtown. The hipster riding a bianchi concept with a rear wheel choked with spokecards. The farmer leaning against a rusted piece of farm equipment. No words are spoken, the two simply shake hands and exchange hardware without breaking eye contact for fear the other will realize they are getting a raw deal and back out before its over. I don't know which would be more unsettling to come across on a busy street: a farmer rolling a fixed gear sans brakes in a pair of overalls and one of those long strands of hay poking out from between his lips like a toothpick, or the "urban hipster" in tight jean "shants" skidding a rusted piece of farm equipment covered in Cadence and bianchi stickers down the sidewalk.