Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - What Sky Yaeger has to say:

Great little quote from Sky Yaeger (Bianchi VP and designer of lots of their bikes, including Pista and P-concept) in the current Riv Reader:

"I am baffled by urban hipsters riding fixed gear track bikes as fashion accessories and finding out they are not as practical or safe as they thought. I'm not talking about messengers or skilled riders, just to be clear. But most people should be riding a bike with brakes and a freewheel." -while discussing the San Jose.

honestly.
i've never met one of these hipsters.
i've met a lot of hipsters who ride track bikes, and a lot of people who are very fashionable with their bikes, but i think this whole bike-ignorance-meets-bike-fashion issue is way overblown.

many of us are stylin' urban kids with pretty bikes. and we know how to use em.

maybe i'm wrong.

i don't give a **** what sky yaeger has to say.

Ha ha!

I suppose most people should be riding bikes with freewheels and brakes. It's that hipster Sheldon Brown's fault.

haha, she should keep her mouth shut and be happy about the increased revenue. it's not as though bianchi is legally liable.

Actual point of contention:

"I am baffled by urban hipsters discussing fixed gear track bikes as fashion accessories on an internet forum and finding out they have wasted an entire day and do not have girlfriends. I'm not talking about messengers or Shants, just to be clear. But most people should be reading Gawker."

haha, nice

"Unskilled riders" don't ride fixed gear for very long. They either get skilled, or put the bike away, or sell it on ebay with some lame-ass explanation about why the nibs are still on the tires.

Whichever way it goes down I fail to see a problem for Bianchi.

I think the "clueless hipster" thing is played up way too much, but...

Once I did see a girl with 80's hair and heels riding a brakeless conversion with block pedals and bullhorns pointing straight down roll up in front of a gallery opening... unfair, really, sort of like when Vice magazine runs a picture of a ******** guy in the "Don'ts".

I think the "clueless hipster" thing is played up way too much, but...

Once I did see a girl with 80's hair and heels riding a brakeless conversion with block pedals and bullhorns pointing straight down roll up in front of a gallery opening... unfair, really, sort of like when Vice magazine runs a picture of a ******** guy in the "Don'ts".

Was it one of those galleries on Milwaukee?

Was it one of those galleries on Milwaukee?

Even better! It was the Open End gallery on Damen!

Even better! It was the Open End gallery on Damen!

Oh ****, that place is ridiculous. I should have known.

If Sky Yaeger is so great why is she designing all the new Bianchis with sloping top tubes? Blech. Bring back the crotchety old eye-ty-yan bike designers that stick with traditional geometry frames.

The RR definitely has its agenda tied to Riv's successful marketing concepts.

See what happens when women pipe up and give their opinion?

This is why there were no women explorers, they're unwilling to put their asses on the line to try something new!

Sky Yeager again:

"These things are a lawsuit just waiting to happen." "But, you know, there's just nothing more beautiful than a fixed-gear bike."

from:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0923/p11s03-algn.html

What better way to win the favor of hipsters than to talk smack about hipsters?

http://www.chappellecenter.com/showinfo/images/playahata.jpg

What Sky Yaeger has to say: Doesn't really matter.

Because:

What SS/FG forum members will say in response: HATE! HATE! HATE!

("the most diabolical collection of haters in the universe"...Dave Chappelle)

Awesome Sky thinks I'm a hipster, cause let me tell
you being a sub-hipster is not a fun place to be.

I like Sky Yeager because women who weld are hot.
Cue Irene Cara and the theme from Flashdance.


jeff

jeff

I like Sky Yeager because women who weld are hot.
Cue Irene Cara and the theme from Flashdance.

Everyone that welds is hot. It's an occupational hazard.

See what happens when women pipe up and give their opinion?

This is why there were no women explorers, they're unwilling to put their asses on the line to try something new!

uh oh...

hey when did you get your reader? I almost never get mine on time

i don't give a **** what sky yaeger has to say.
quoted for truth/lols

Sky Yaeger, give us a celeste Pista again.

she obviously doesnt understand the delicate ballet that is urban pothole dodging.

she obviously doesnt understand the delicate ballet that is urban pothole dodging.

"I'm not talking about messengers or skilled riders, just to be clear."


i think she does.

dont mind me, havent had my morning coffee yet. she had a quote a few months back making fun of "urban pothole dodging" and Im not alert enough this morning yet to make a funny.

meh, why should we disagree? i think she's referring less to us and more to people like that girl ira in chi mentioned. the ones whose lives you fear for when you see them on their bikes. the people you realize are totally clueless...she was wearing heels, for ****'s sake!

hey when did you get your reader? I almost never get mine on time

+1

F'n hippies.

F'n hippies.


How many hippies does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Oh wow, is it, like, dark, man?

(hippies dont screw in lightbulbs, they screw in sleepingbags) *RIMSHOT*

**** em!

Can we just instead talk about what a fantastic sounding name Sky Yaeger is? Seriously, is she Chuck Yaeger's daughter or something? She sounds like a fantastic superhero/defender of justice to me.

sounds like a nasty alcoholic beverage to me. just, since we're talking word associations...that's the first thing to pop into my mind.

Skyy Jaeger?

yeah, well...they're pronounced the same.

what makes her think messengers aren't hipsters?

seriously, most messengers I know who ride fixed used to ride mountain bikes. then one day someone convinced them to try riding brakeless fixed and they never stopped. it's not as if they have built-in fixed-gear riding genes. everybody needs to learn.

(of course i realize this does not apply to everyone.)

sounds like a nasty alcoholic beverage to me. just, since we're talking word associations...that's the first thing to pop into my mind.


thats what i thought of, i figured this was going to be another one of those "i'd been drinking..." threads.

thats what i thought of, i figured this was going to be another one of those "i'd been drinking..." threads.

i hate the thread

I wonder if Skye is any relation to Bunny. The semi famous glamour photographer.

Oh wow, is it, like, dark, man?

(hippies dont screw in lightbulbs, they screw in sleepingbags) *RIMSHOT*

More like on top of sleeping bags, one gets too hot dewing it *in* the sleeping bag. If you're on a weeklong bike tour in Alabama in June. Not that'd I know. But how did you know it was a *RIMSHOT* :eek:

Funny, back in the 80's Schwinn could not understand why people were buying and riding "mountain bikes" on the road , so they decided not to cater to that market. Result, massive loss of market share and now they are on their 3rd life. Bianchi and every me too bike company might be just learning from Schwinn's big mistake.

Funny, back in the 80's Schwinn could not understand why people were buying and riding "mountain bikes" on the road , so they decided not to cater to that market. Result, massive loss of market share and now they are on their 3rd life. Bianchi and every me too bike company might be just learning from Schwinn's big mistake.

seriously.


then again... a whole lot of differences between mountain bikes on the street and fixed gears on the street.

I think the "clueless hipster" thing is played up way too much, but...



seriously though, how many of those damn "can you help me make this bike a fixed gear for $20" questions have you answered in the time since you started working in a bike shop? How many of them have been from girls (or boys) exactly as described? I dunno, maybe I'm getting surly and cynical in my olditude.

I wonder if Skye is any relation to Bunny. The semi famous glamour photographer.

Not sure about Bunny but I think she's sister of Selene Yaeger, the columnist in Bicycling Magazine.

Sky Yaeger, give us a celeste Pista again.

Yes, Yes. Perhaps a 631 or 853 Pista Superiore... in between Pista and Pista Concept or just available as a frameset.

While she's at it, 631/853 Celeste traditional geometry road and cyclocross frames as well.

I want to go out with this woman, and show her what it's all about...

surly aged cynicism is the recipe for hipster h8n.

but really, we get a "help me, I'm clueless and want to be part of the crowd" post here every week. Hopefully, I'm mature enough to let it slide...may be even be helpful???

Never heard of the Surly 'Aged Cynicism'. Is that an '06 model?

Never heard of the Surly 'Aged Cynicism'. Is that an '06 model?


wow.


I want one.

Not sure about Bunny but I think she's sister of Selene Yaeger, the columnist in Bicycling Magazine.


You're thinking of Selene Yeager.