Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Hipsters...

So as a balding middle-aged fixed-gear rider, I never really understood the proper definition of "hipster" as is so frequently used in this forum.

And then last week...it happened to me. I saw these two guys with heavy tatoos, stringy hair, no helmet, platform pedals and flat bars. Hit me like a ton of bricks "so that's what they're talking about"

Am I close?

[by the way...no judgement here, except for the lack of helmet]

nah not really

pixx ploz

pixx plox

Fixed.

http://do.palicio.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/hipsterorspecial_2.jpg

But these are my favorite type of hipsters
http://urbanbia.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/panties1.jpg

trying way too hard. go join die prinzen.
http://dasbinich.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/prinzen.jpg

Did they look like the guys in this pic?
http://gallery.mac.com/bbattle/100046/1335548335_65d185c7e1/web.jpg

http://gallery.mac.com/bbattle/100046/100_0076/web.jpg

Did their bikes look like these?
http://gallery.mac.com/bbattle/100046/1336434856_5eb96f7787/web.jpg

{Alabama hipsters** well, except for the old balding guys. ;)

none of them look like hipsters at all. failthread.

I've always wanted to cut off branches on a tree like that to get bikes. Apparently they don't lock them to the tree though, so that would be unnecessary.

The only one in question would be the one with the black cycling cap, but he's not even sporting cut-offs. I would say they fit into the 'uber-fixed scene' well enough though.

Come to SF... we're infested with them. In all fairness some of my best friends are hipsters. I'm more crosstrash/singlespeedscum, but I race track, so go figure. I also don't wear women's jeans, and 80s shirts.

yeah cuz all skinny jeans are womens jeans

It's been done to death, but it bears repeating:

http://www.catandgirl.com/archive/cg0299costume.gif

yeah cuz all skinny jeans are womens jeans

No, but that's not what i said now is it? :thumb:

I believe it's just a word people use in order to avoid being classified. I think the idea is, "whatever a hipster is, I'm not it..." But the definition is left purposely vague so that it can always be molded to each person's needed use.

Wiki has the answer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_%28contemporary_subculture%29) but i didn't see aerospoke in there

How old is middle-aged? I am 36 and ride a GT track with gold deep-Vs, which is probably the picture-definition of a hipster track bike. I always think of middle-aged as being in your 40s, is that right?

I don't think most of the people here really know what a hipster is.

Trust me, a tattooed guy in cut-off shorts and a cycling cap on a fixed-gear is not a hipster. Not even close.

I plan to live past 100 so don't consider being 42 to be middle aged and whatever a hipster is, I ain't it.

I just finished building up my new rear wheel with a 36/4 on a Formula hub and a Vuelta Tempest to match my front wheel (which needs a high flange hub now).

This is what the anti-hipster rides even if he's not sure what defines a hipster...

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/kuwievuelta1.jpg

one less car sticker = hipster :)

I am here to invalidate this thread.

Did they look like the guys in this pic?
http://gallery.mac.com/bbattle/100046/1335548335_65d185c7e1/web.jpg

http://gallery.mac.com/bbattle/100046/100_0076/web.jpg

Did their bikes look like these?
http://gallery.mac.com/bbattle/100046/1336434856_5eb96f7787/web.jpg

{Alabama hipsters** well, except for the old balding guys. ;)

yeah d00d all the hipsterest hipsters are sporting lycra short and jelly belly jerseys these dayz.......

hipsters wear every colour in the spectrum with every print imaginable and claim it doesnt clash.

having said that, they arnt that bad. but then again everyone on this site hates everyone else so i know someone is going to hate me for poking fun at hipsters, while another person will hate me for saying i am friends with some.

lame.

yeah d00d all the hipsterest hipsters are sporting lycra short and jelly belly jerseys these dayz.......

you stole the words right out of my head
bravo! haha

one less car sticker = hipster :)

It also says "One More Bike" and "Death Penalty For Bike Thieves" and came from Dave's Bike Dump in Ottawa... http://www.bikedump.com/ and you can print off a copy for yourself if ya want.

Mine is affixed with clear packing tape.

That makes me a Fred.

:D

I believe it's just a word people use in order to avoid being classified. I think the idea is, "whatever a hipster is, I'm not it..." But the definition is left purposely vague so that it can always be molded to each person's needed use.

Exactly. So everyone's definition will be different.

"Hipster is in the eye of the beerholder."

yeah d00d all the hipsterest hipsters are sporting lycra short and jelly belly jerseys these dayz.......


I'm one of the 40-something balding guys so I don't count as hipster.:)

I'm one of the 40-something balding guys so I don't count as hipster.:)

Don't get my wrong, I own my fair share of lycra and love jelly bellies, I'm just sayin..

Exactly. So everyone's definition will be different.

"Hipster is in the eye of the beerholder."

I think it's possible to define a hipster. Here's my go at it: A hipster is a person who strives to be authentic by appropriating other sub-cultures.

Yeah, it's all good fun. On that day, I'd just finished a 40 mile road ride, came home, got message about alleycat ride, hopped on the San Jose and got there for the start. Won it, too.

Hipsters are the worst! Ugh! With their clothes and their music and their bikes! The worst! Who do they think they are??

I see more 30somethings in spandex and 10 speeds than I do 20somethings with tight jeans and aerospoked fixed gears. I say we reconsider who we are calling hipsters.

This is what the anti-hipster rides even if he's not sure what defines a hipster...

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/kuwievuelta1.jpg

I hate that sticker so much! "One Fewer Car" would be fine, but . . . AUGH!

How old is middle-aged? I am 36 and ride a GT track with gold deep-Vs, which is probably the picture-definition of a hipster track bike. I always think of middle-aged as being in your 40s, is that right?

:lol: I get you for that Jet, 42 that I am..hahaha
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5940/hipstersv1.jpg

Take the quiz to find out if YOU ARE A HIPSTER!!! :lol:
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/quiz/609/609-hipster-quiz?qp=1

Your Score: 18

I shop at Urban Outfitters and like the Cure.
You have some sense of style and decent musical appreciation, but there are some glaring holes in your hipster resume. Don't worry. In this case holes in your resume are a positive thing, because it is a job that you probably don't want.

Hipster may have once been a term for describing a certain type of person who fits into a certain sub-culture. Now it is just a fashion. Yes, we are "infested" with them in SF, but these days it seems that it is just a culture of fashion and nothing else. I have seen groups of middle schoolers wearing skinny jeans, big glasses, 80s shirts, and just generally having that rockstar/junkie look. Similarly i have seen frat boy types that have obviously adopted the fashion, only with designer clothes that are super expensive, but have that vintage/thrift store look.

It's a fashion that is being fed to them just as skateboard culture and fashion was fed to the masses in the 90s.

some funny sh*t

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/features/4846/why-the-hipster-must-die-the-hipsterati-talks-back

I hate that sticker so much! "One Fewer Car" would be fine, but . . . AUGH!

What's it like being the only person in the world who cares?

TRaffic Jammer:

Your Score: -482
What's a Moz?
We hate to be the ones that have to break this to you, but unless khaki-colored, baggy cargo pants, Yanni and a pleasant disposition come back into style, you're consigned to a life of unremarkable blandness. We're sorry.

-482 BS you try to lose/win ... :lol:
You street fixie riding model you ... hahahaha

maybe i am a hipster...
"The entry for "hipsters" defined it as "characters who like hot jazz." [2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_%28contemporary_subculture%29#cite_note-1)"

Wait a second! If you like the Cure you are a hipster? What about if you liked them in the 80's? Does that count for anything? And don't get me started about Joy Division...

Trust me, a tattooed guy in cut-off shorts and a cycling cap on a fixed-gear is not a hipster. Not even close.
*phew*

I know, it seems not even the authors of the quiz were old enough to listen to this stuff in the 70's and 80's.

-482 BS you try to lose/win ... :lol:
You street fixie riding model you ... hahahaha

hahahahaha the best part is i answered it seriously!!!!!





btw, this job sucks. Only good thing is the countless hot chicks every day... mmmmmmm

maybe i am a hipster...
"The entry for "hipsters" defined it as "characters who like hot jizz." [2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_%28contemporary_subculture%29#cite_note-1)"

Fixed it for ya....

How is it possible to be so unhip in 10 questions? :lol: Jokes aside, I've know many models in the past and yea, it's some seriously long drawn out stretches of mind numbing boredom and discomfort.

yea... think 16 interviews a day, with 15-45min traveling inbetween, with lines of 50-350 people, to finally have them say "no we wanted dark hair".


the best analogy is "Getting a blow job for 30 min, then having you **** shoved in bucket of ice"






but the drinking in public/lines and girls makes it kinda easier

Participating in that quiz makes you a hipster.

Wiki has the answer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_%28contemporary_subculture%29) but i didn't see aerospoke in there

I would like to invalidate the entire first paragraph in this wiki definition. :crash:

Participating in that quiz makes you a hipster.

all in fun *Makes chicken noises* :)

Yes, we are "infested" with them in SF,

meh....you're lucky you don't live in the central valley. i'll trade an infestation of your hipsters any day for our infestation of brahs.