Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Fixed gears are serious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRF3mPNcNIs&feature=player_embedded

That was seriously one of the best, most awe-inspiring things I've ever seen. No, wait...it wasn't.

Not quite sure if this is parody or not.

If this IS parody it's freakin' brilliant.
If this is to be taken seriously, then this is the fixed gear version of RAD.

I'm going to put the gears back on my Trek because I'm clearly not taking this FG thing seriously enough.

" British accessory designer, H by Harris has commissioned film maker Manny Bonett to produce a viral campaign for his new collection, Manouevre. The collection is based on - in the words of Harris - 'the fixed gear individual. Men and women whose lifestyle is on the edge". "

The FG bike is a Fashion statement, soon to be featured in your Esquire magazine.

it's got everything you could want in a fixed gear video...a girl, bunny hops, a parking garage, some euro looking ******bags and a black guy on a fixed gear...this'll be the next MASH for sure

I was particularly fond of the "fire dancing".

Reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyW9864AXVk

soyboy - You forgot 'a dude who looks like Ben Harper blowing a brass horn on a rooftop in an urban setting'.

BUGLE ROLL CALL!!!!

wow. i want to laugh at it but it's waaay too serious.

road flare? um.

The bunny hop at 1:09 ushers in a new age of cycling. Remember this day.

That was seriously one of the best, most awe-inspiring things I've ever seen. No, wait...it wasn't.

I friggen napped out while that was playing...

mythbusters proved that you can polish a turd, and this is no exception. the cinematography was quite good, but the subject matter and "story line" were dreadful. i think it would have been much more successful if it had focused solely on the polo game (which i enjoyed) and cut all the suit-wearing hipsters doing tiny wheelies.

I hope after trying to sale this...the producers get Bed bugs and have a many nights where they cant sleep!

flaming skids, ftw.

Oh dear.

I mean, totally rad, brah. (Wrong subculture?)

you know when you witness something SO tacky, it gives you goosebumps?

I think they call it ******chills. Yep. That's what I got. ******chills

Don't wear your sister's jeans!

Not sure that I know a word to properly describe what I just witnessed. I think "terrible" comes close.

I caught this on Bike Snob today.

"All hail the messiah of Pointlessness"

So bike polo is going olympic?

What brand of perfume was it telling me to buy?

my face was :| the whole time

dont play with road flares y'all

wtf!

I bet half the people in this thread look just like the people in the video.

I'll start!

Pretty much, yep.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4664219885_aba4bf38ba_m.jpg
flannel is insta-cred for this kind of crowd.

I'll start!

Pretty much, yep.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4664219885_aba4bf38ba_m.jpg
flannel is insta-cred for this kind of crowd.
Pshhht. Poseur.

Unless you're wearing a snazzy tie and sweet jacket, you're not wanted in our cru

I bet half the people in this thread look just like the people in the video.

I'm part of the other half.

I am part of the half that rides their fixie naked.

I bet half the people in this thread look just like the people in the video.
Haha, I was actually thinking that some people must have watched the video and thought, "oh, that's cool!" and then didn't comment because they noticed the, ahem, impartiality of the rest of the thread.

Haha, I was actually thinking that some people must have watched the video and thought, "oh, that's cool!" and then didn't comment because they noticed the, ahem, impartiality of the rest of the thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH5ay10RTGY

^ this video is better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH5ay10RTGY

^ this video is better.
That was one of the stupidest things I have ever seen. And it was absolutely f-king hilarious.

I love how so many people know of random banana-related stuff that they always feel compelled to share when they see my username. :lol:

I'll start!

Pretty much, yep.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4664219885_aba4bf38ba_m.jpg
flannel is insta-cred for this kind of crowd.



Not here!! :)

Not here!! :)

Yea me neither, Freaking hipsters.http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs275.snc3/23257_100000422611661_4050_n.jpg

Yea me neither, Freaking hipsters.http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs275.snc3/23257_100000422611661_4050_n.jpg


True that but I do ride a fixed. lol

I bet half the people in this thread look just like the people in the video.
Post a picture of yourself.

woop nevermind.

Post a picture of yourself.
He's too cool for it...matter of fact, too cool for ANYTHING.

I'm a fixed gear rider... LOOK AT ME MOVE!

I'm a fixed gear rider... LOOK AT ME MOVE!
:lol:
I'm picturing you in the banana suit and doing that stupid dance...


STOP!

i ride in a plain white tee and shorts.

(but i wish i was as snazzy as them :3 )

makes me wonder when these ******s are gonna wake up and realize that all they are doing is riding an effing bicycle.

its been done.

I was hoping it was some film student's project.

On the subject of mythbusters, we should write to them to test the myth that you are faster up hill on a FG than a normal road bike!

I thought the video was quite cool, but I thought maybe it had been made by some film student who had watched too many episodes of TopGear. The cinematography looks really similar!

You know, I don't have a problem with this sort of thing. That doesn't mean I don't think it's silly - because I do. But, silly is fun so what the hell. My ego isn't involved with my cycling. Cycling gives to me. It's restorative. While I love seeing "you" out riding and would definitely enjoy talking and riding with "you" for awhile I'm not part of any "culture" so someone doing something silly has no affect on me - beyond a giggle. So, next week when the type of bicycle I choose to ride is no longer "fashionable" I'll be perfectly OK with that. For now, fixed gets a little extra attention. OK. Nice.

You know, age has its' benefits. Long before I started riding fixed I had friends, was getting laid, had a good job, had a solid sense of who I am, etc.. It's just a bike and I just enjoy riding it.

Why exactly are we so worried about what people wear?

Why exactly are we so worried about what people wear?

Because they look exactly like us.

and cc700, I'm a flannel hipster too :\

Why exactly are we so worried about what people wear?

I'm not, really. I just make jokes. I'm a firm believer/supporter of people being able to do whatever the hell they want.

I bet half the people in this thread look just like the people in the video.

my clothes don't coordinate that well, but boy would I look snazzy riding my fixie in some of those threads!

This thread is kaput. Closing before we hit page 3.

Enjoy

sound the hipster bugle!