Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - need some help with the "h" word

alright,
I have to create a powerpoint presentation for a college class. Any topic is open, I just have to keep it "G" rated.
I thought that hipsters on fixed gear bikes would be informative yet amusing.
please either post or pm me with information and pics or video about the "co-opting of fixed culture" or something like that

thanks

Isn't the point to do your own research and form your own opinion? And isn't there way more information available here already than you can use?

You sound like a lazy person.

lazy muther****in hipster!

what is the class
?

powerpoint 101

for christs sake think of all of the valid and beautiful topics you could choose

ha
or maybe i'll just do something on how to build your own fixed gear
and i may be a little lazy, but it was more about conglomerating the wit and dry humor that abounds on this forum all into one convenient location from which I could sample until I was sick of it



maybe I am just lazy

There ain't no maybe about it.

i will help you create a best of bfssfg power point but i doubt if you will pass the class

Wouldn't it be a counter--culture?

counter to what? using one gear is counter to using more gears?

counter to not wearing girl pants

^^ There's one for the bullet point proficiency requirement, OP!

that is a college assignment? I went to a hippie school, and **** was harder than that.

at what point will the presentation devolve into random photoshoped images and long winded diatribes about brakes vs no brakes?

what about doing something that actually EDUCATES people about this aspect of cycling. You know - research "safety" bicycles, Marshall Taylor, the first velodromes, speculation on when/where/why track bikes emerged as a popular mode of transportation/working bike.

If you want to waste people's time - including your own - please, continue showing the stupidest possible angle of track bikes being ridden in the street.

don't fail before beginning your assignment.

don't fail before beginning your assignment.

but thats the hipster way

lolz

counter to not wearing girl pants
I'm more partial to girls not wearing pants. But that's just me...:D

Slide #1:


http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/mar/NathanFabian-2.jpg

Slide #2:

The End.

Isn't the point to do your own research and form your own opinion? And isn't there way more information available here already than you can use?

You sound like a lazy person.


damn this forum is HARSHHHHHHH! :eek:

fixed gear culture is a myth propogated by the liberal media

fixed gear culture was behind 9/11

Powerpoint culture not for sale!

wookie pube culture is only 9.99

alright,
I have to create a powerpoint presentation for a college class. Any topic is open, I just have to keep it "G" rated.
I thought that hipsters on fixed gear bikes would be informative yet amusing.
Wrong. That would be so, so lame. It's barely even amusing to people who know what you're talking about, let alone a class full of people so dumb that their assignment is "make a powerpoint presentation on anything".

Sandwiches would be much more suitable.

I think you should just do a presentation about LOLCATZ. Everyone likes them. Most people hate bikes. If you want your classmates to like you, which you should, use LOLCATZ.

what about doing something that actually EDUCATES people about this aspect of cycling. You know - research "safety" bicycles, Marshall Taylor, the first velodromes, speculation on when/where/why track bikes emerged as a popular mode of transportation/working bike.


Right? Maybe this is not esoteric enough. Maybe someone should also post the meaning to that word to save research time.

Compare hipsters riding trackies on the street to lemmings in the wild. A marketing version of culling the herd. Cashing in on subculture isn't new, do some real research and you could have quite a presentation. I can't wait for all the cheap track frames in a couple years *rubs hands together*...daddy's going to the track...

Get the pics from that movie "Blond Ambition" and you'll have your messenger culture corrupted pics.

Do a Google search for top tube protectors. Count the number of companies selling them.

Track the rise in prices for track frames, particularly Japanese ones and especially the NJS certified ones. Look at bike websites from years past; no track/singlespeed/street fixie bikes. Now look at their current websites; everybody is selling one. According to my LBS, Specialized is coming out with a whole lineup of bikes to serve the booming hipster crowd.


And then there's scraper bikes. Don't forget, they are singlespeed, too.

ridin' on my scraper bike, ridin' on my scraper bike.

haha, I nearly fell of my bike when you started singing that to those scraper bike kids.

I think you should just do a presentation about LOLCATZ. Everyone likes them. Most people hate bikes. If you want your classmates to like you, which you should, use LOLCATZ.
I endorse this message.

what about doing something that actually EDUCATES people about this aspect of cycling. You know - research "safety" bicycles, Marshall Taylor, the first velodromes, speculation on when/where/why track bikes emerged as a popular mode of transportation/working bike.

If you want to waste people's time - including your own - please, continue showing the stupidest possible angle of track bikes being ridden in the street.

don't fail before beginning your assignment.

however crotchety, bitter and hateful the mod is, he is correct. Humor about hipsters will be far more effective juxtaposed against guys on penny farthings, major taylor, eddy merckx, Grahm Obree etc.

You could also juxtapose Keirin Racers with M&Ms and Power Rangers.

haha, I nearly fell of my bike when you started singing that to those scraper bike kids.

I can't get that dang song out of my head.

Compare hipsters riding trackies on the street to lemmings in the wild. A marketing version of culling the herd. Cashing in on subculture isn't new, do some real research and you could have quite a presentation. I can't wait for all the cheap track frames in a couple years *rubs hands together*...daddy's going to the track...

Lemmings in the wild don't commit suicide, if that's what you were alluding to. Walt Disney started that "myth".

alright,
I have to create a powerpoint presentation for a college class. Any topic is open, I just have to keep it "G" rated.

http://kscakes.com/LolCats/Uploads/Saved/we-need-to-talk.jpg

Take it to hipster forums and ask why they ride track bikes, instead of bike forums and ask why some of them are hipsters. I'm not trying to just be flipant with you. This topic is just getting tedious. And why would anyone use powerpoint? Ick

however crotchety, bitter and hateful the mod is, he is correct. Humor about hipsters will be far more effective juxtaposed against guys on penny farthings, major taylor, eddy merckx, Grahm Obree etc.

You could also juxtapose Keirin Racers with M&Ms and Power Rangers.
hateful?

haha - classic.

I think you should just do a presentation about LOLCATZ. Everyone likes them. Most people hate bikes. If you want your classmates to like you, which you should, use LOLCATZ.

IM IN UR SUBCULTURE
CO-OPTING UR MEMES

Nowadays I see the term hipster as a valid description of a something like a sub-culture, rather than a term with negative connotations. One year ago I'd see about two fixed-gear riders a month, sometimes both being the same rider. These days I see fifteen to twenty riders a month. Aslo see the bikes more and more locked up on the sidewalk, at the organic market etc. All but one or two riders will have that distinctive look:

- riding knickers and cap
- messenger bag
- cards in the back wheel
- frame 4-6cm too small (by roadbike standards) to accomodate...
- massive drop from seat to handlebars
- BIG gears
- track drops, , flip 'n chops, bullhorns, straight, or riser bars

Its cool, its a style and a statement...I guess. At least they're riding bikes. Anyway, I'm glad I set up my fixed as a road bike with F/R brakes, traditional drops, and OP rims.


P.S. [whispered] Psst, anyone want to buy an never-been-used Chrome bag?:lol: