Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - NY Press "One Less Fixie" Column

http://nypress.com/19/7/news&columns/feature.cfm

I didn't particularly like it, but some of you guys might get a kick out of it. And one of you might even be the subject of the article. Heh.

Enjoy.

i always hate it when articles and essays end with some pseudo-witty use of the phrase or word that is the title (or, in this case, the subtitle). it seems so cheap to me.

meh.

- so the whole point of the article is: "I was careless, didn't pay attention while cleaning my bike, and almost lost part of a digit." ???

- i guess if he had been in Wood Shop in high school and working on a table saw, the article could have been titled, "One Less Woody" ???

:-)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHQW#IRH#HRAHAHA..........!@#>!@#?!

that's me :)

wait. so he was in a wheelchair because he got his finger stuck in the chain?

nice one. talk about a nightmare.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHQW#IRH#HRAHAHA..........!@#>!@#?!

that's me :)

Letter to the editor time. Campagnolo hat?

that dude needs to get over himself

XVX

campy hat, yes..... BUT... the article says:

"a dominatrix belt, and an enormous messenger bag that had a patch that read “one less fixie.” The patch was a take on to the bike activism sticker, “one less car,” a movement predominantly filled with bike punks (that look just like him) who ride fixies. During the show, he always seemed to end up in front of me and I couldn’t take my eyes of that “one less fixie” patch. It felt directed at me."

this is untrue! i wore no such belt. that's an exaggeration, and i also stood off to the side for the whole show, up on top of the ice machine, so i could take pictures. the author's "artistic license" is a bunch of lies!

anyway, here's the evidence!

http://thirdrate.com/misc/ben_mess_bag_jena.jpg

a weak article, imho.

But it's definitely you? You should be The Smoking Gun to this guy's James Frey.

wait. so he was in a wheelchair because he got his finger stuck in the chain?

never been to the ER have you?

this is untrue! i wore no such belt. that's an exaggeration, and i also stood off to the side for the whole show, up on top of the ice machine, so i could take pictures. the author's "artistic license" is a bunch of lies!


what sort of belt was it? i mean, could it have been exaggerated to be a "dominatrix" belt? studded or some such?

never been to the ER have you?

Once, when they told me i was lucky to be alive considering that my tonsel had nearly cut off my breathing passage. But no, no wheelchair. I've twice been in a wheel chair both after scheduled surgery to repair things on the bottom half. (no wheelchair for the broken collarbone either)

that story sucked ass compared to the one about cuddle parties :rolleyes:

What a piece of junk.

what sort of belt was it? i mean, could it have been exaggerated to be a "dominatrix" belt? studded or some such?

no studs, plain brown leather with a plain metal buckle. screw him!

I must be getting old, cause I don't get it :(

yeep that was pretty bad.

why is the guy riddled with inferiority issues? so self-imposed..

hahah that would freaking suck my thumb started to hurt thinking about that. hahahah but this guy sounds pretty funny.and brunning it sounds to me like this guy had the eye for you. he was totally checking you out

i always hate it when articles and essays end with some pseudo-witty use of the phrase or word that is the title (or, in this case, the subtitle). it seems so cheap to me.


especially crappy for the writer. it's the editor's job to paraphrase the article wittily in the hed and dek, not just to lift the best line, which in this case was also the payoff. yet another reason why that paper sucks

edit: but the writer is obviously a gigantic ****** so **** him too

Wow, that hurt to read.

edit: but the writer is obviously a gigantic ****** so **** him too


**** yes, I am glad someone said it
that **** made me vomit all over myself

and seriously, i am one of the least "bike punks infused with hipsterness" around.

Show him some love on Myspace...

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=47901608

yeah, what a ****ty article.

what show was this?

hey evan, what's up? this is cody. i'm moving back, see you soon....

Ben you're always somehow in the news!

bic pen with krypto lock video, williamsboard, being a bike punk hipster dominatrix.

Ben you're always somehow in the news!

bic pen with krypto lock video, williamsboard, being a bike punk hipster dominatrix.


i know, i can't shake the weird press. i guess i'd rather have it than not.

Wow, do not read above article unless you are within punching range of that guy. It really sucked. Why are hipsters always whining about how all the other hipsters are copying off of them?

...I MADE UP whining about hipsters, those ****ing hipsters they took that from me too...

Ben you're always somehow in the news!

bic pen with krypto lock video, williamsboard, being a bike punk hipster dominatrix.


wasn't he also featured in that crazy williamsburg bridge spectacular crash action photo?

ahah.. that would be me.

What was even the point of the press publishing this? It seems like its only purpose is to establish the author as a "hip" fix rider who is so ultra hip because he shuns the trend. Second of all I don't understand why he went into describing "punk" life in the midwest? If he is from there he should almost certainly go back.

i hate all alternative weekly press...bunch of ******s. i hate fans/critics...

"Yo, what are you doin lookin in my closet?
Why are you tryin to try on my sneakers?
Stop lookin around in my kitchen
That's right it's Honeycomb up there, raviolis
Everything a regular man eats
I'm not the Elephant Man, whassup?"

Standing several sizes too tall, my fixie was a hand-me-down—a relic from the mid 90s. Originally it had 10 speeds, and it’s fitting that it’s black with no decals. The only mention of color is the bright metallic-red, oversized BMX pedals. In a culture that emphasizes light weight and sleekness, these pedals are defiant yet gaudy, a sign that while I’m close, I’m not one of them. Sort of a “**** you” to the stylish bike punks.

OH PLEASE

my letter to the ed was published...

http://www.nypress.com/19/8/mail/themail.cfm

awesome.

nicely written w/ good points.

That article made me regret learning to read.

I want my 3 minutes back. No point made, not enjoyable to read.

What a ****in' ****. How many pan-generational references can this turd spew.? Gremlins (1984) and a hand me down RELIC from the mid 90's. I wondered how many frames littering the outside of the club were older than the writer. Hipsters AND bike punks? I also work at a newspaper and I'm sick of writers weaving a subculture piece without having any knowledge of their subject matter.

What a waste of time reading that was.