Folding Bikes - Fixies in the NYT

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maunakea
04-29-07, 12:22 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/thecity/
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[no mention of folder fixies though, so they retain cult status, below the radar, along with all other folders]

LittlePixel
04-29-07, 05:37 AM
Nice article...
geo8rge
04-30-07, 02:16 PM
"Just as die-hard skateboarders 15 years ago stood on the cusp of providing a new lifestyle, so the fixed-gear bike culture could be the tip of something that nobody can accurately predict but something that is huge."

I can see fixed as a preference but a lifestyle? Any fixie clothing, music, I could be wrong. Skateboarding became a 'lifestyle' because people started it in their teens and perfected it in their 20's. Times may also be confusing the fixed gear thing with tall bikes, and possibly BMX (w flip flop hubs).

14R
04-30-07, 02:40 PM
What's up Geo8rge, don't you listen to fixie songs?

I'm just kidding, I agree with you.
Foldable Two
04-30-07, 08:08 PM
Flip-Flop hubs sounds like a lifestyle to me!!! ;)
geo8rge
05-01-07, 07:11 PM
On the subject of Flip Flop hubs Harris seems to have a nice cheap product under their own name:
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/fixed-hubs.html

I know I am tempted.