Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Every Jr High kid in my city is riding a fixie now

It seemed to happen overnight. A few months ago, i'd only see older urban hipster types riding a fixie. Then i'd see younger guys riding them, and i'd see more riding them. Today I drove by my local junior high as school was getting out and every single kid riding a bike was riding a fixie.

They killed it.

Couple years too late, my friend.

Get a bike with gears and brakes. It is the new thing. Then you can say you are an enabler, an originator.

Counter-act this by only having you and your friends ride Di-equipped carbon race bikes!

Bikes are so over bro

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Damn it, this damn gif makes me lose it every time.

Damn it, this damn gif makes me lose it every time.

My last 2 cats, and current, look exactly like that.

Also just as stupid.

My last 2 cats, and current, look exactly like that.

Also just as stupid.

siamese? I had lynx points growing up. The boy thought he could walk on water. geeze, i miss them

in tears. had not seen that particular catgap.

gawd that is funny.

silleh kitteh.


still can't decide whether i'm lucky or not that there's only two other fixed riders in town (not that there's much bike culture to begin with), a bike shop mechanic that occasionally rides a Pake he built and some college kid on a conversion.

Someone is the jelly.

all the junior high kids be stylin' on me foo. deep rims and colored spokes man i wish i had a sw8 fixay lyke dem.

Great for the kids, and great for cycling. You guys are hipsters, you realize that.

OMG! I am? I am! Thank you and WTF!

I'm fortunate (Ha!) to live in an area which lags only slightly behind the cutting edge. I knew the trend was on its way out several years ago when I started seeing "tweens" on FGs with cowhorns, neon deep-vs, and no brakes.

Judging by what I see where the bike path goes under the overpass, the new trend is making methamphetamine with cold medicine and two liter soda bottles. So you guys might want to get on board while it's still hot - for all you know, the next fad might involve getting a job and a car.

We are everywhere

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I'm fortunate (Ha!) to live in an area which lags only slightly behind the cutting edge. I knew the trend was on its way out several years ago when I started seeing "tweens" on FGs with cowhorns, neon deep-vs, and no brakes.

Judging by what I see where the bike path goes under the overpass, the new trend is making methamphetamine with cold medicine and two liter soda bottles. So you guys might want to get on board while it's still hot - for all you know, the next fad might involve getting a job and a car.

Crap! I'm already ahead of the fad:( Should I start shaving my legs now?

Great for the kids, and great for cycling. You guys are hipsters, you realize that.
hipster is such a relative word that it pretty much has no meaning. KTHNXBAI FU

Kids? RIDING BIKES?

:mad:

Crap! I'm already ahead of the fad:( Should I start shaving my legs now?

Sorry for the late reply; I was seizing as a result of "gigantor's" post.

In answer to your question, yes, you should shave your legs. As your meth habit progresses and you find prostitution increasingly necessary, shaved legs may help, at least with a particular type of client.

Although it occurs to me that you may have been referring to the "job and car" deal. In which case my advice might not be totally appropriate.

Sorry for the late reply; I was seizing as a result of "gigantor's" post.

In answer to your question, yes, you should shave your legs. As your meth habit progresses and you find prostitution increasingly necessary, shaved legs may help, at least with a particular type of client.

Although it occurs to me that you may have been referring to the "job and car" deal. In which case my advice might not be totally appropriate.

For some reason, the only appropriate answer to this is simply, yes.

Damn it, this damn gif makes me lose it every time.

Yeah, I was about to say the same.

crackheadcat

LOLOLOL


oh and the cat gif is funny too

Great for the kids, and great for cycling. You guys are hipsters, you realize that.
I'm flattered that you waited 4 years to make your first post, and it was to call us hipsters.

I'm flattered that you waited 4 years to make your first post, and it was to call us hipsters.
That is just incredible. Simply, incredible.

LOL, "older urban hipster types",

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1ZoEsVZBSM

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lmfao

High school I teach at is filling with fixed gears.
No big deal, it IS great to see them doing something other than video games and eating.

Just means the old heads need to hold the line on the 'right' way to do things: I won't go neon tarck but will ride what I have with pride and show them just how fun FG, SS, Road, and MTB can be. They appreciate me doing it my way and they can add their own 'style'.

They appreciate me doing it my way and they can add their own 'style'.

Which is what this forum encourages, right?

in theory, yes. but in practice, no ;)

I am the only one that rides a single speed or fixie where I live.

Those Keirin bikes cannot come small enough. Mash Histogram in 40cm anyone?

Chicago was full of tarck bikes, but Shreveport, LA is always a little behind the times. When something is in style in California, people here will take about 3 years to get on board. Remember those Affliction/Tap Out shirts that everyone but the purest bros stopped wearing a couple years ago? Yeah, they're just now hitting their peak here. So I imagine it'll be a while before anyone here is riding fixed gears. Also, bikes aren't cool here. This is:

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I love Siamese cats. Mine weren't quite that big tho.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2767/4446849352_407c9e684d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterofpuppets/4446849352/)


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If you think its bad now, wait till that new messenger movie comes out.

Eventually, kids will realize what we're doing is pretty dumb, and will eventually move on to the next "in" thing.

Good. I'm glad theyre popular with kids. This is a good thing.

When I was in jr high, riding a bike was very uncool.

If you think its bad now, wait till that new messenger movie comes out.

Eventually, kids will realize what we're doing is pretty dumb, and will eventually move on to the next "in" thing.

Fortunately there is a roadie movie coming out too, and that'll be much more popular. By this time next year, Wal-Mart will have a full-carbon frame from Next with 1.388888" steerer, four piece road drops with 2200-grade components.

I think Ultraspontane is right though. More people on bikes means every driver in every city will get used to seeing us, driving with us, and not running us over.

Jump on the BMX bandwagon while there's still time!

I think Ultraspontane is right though. More people on bikes means every driver in every city will get used to seeing us, driving with us, and not running us over.

In a perfect world: the DMV would require every driver to bicycle for 5 hours on city streets before granting a drivers license, as to let the driver gain cyclists pespective of how really dangerous this **** can get for a cyclist

Chicago was full of tarck bikes, but Shreveport, LA is always a little behind the times. When something is in style in California, people here will take about 3 years to get on board. Remember those Affliction/Tap Out shirts that everyone but the purest bros stopped wearing a couple years ago? Yeah, they're just now hitting their peak here. So I imagine it'll be a while before anyone here is riding fixed gears. Also, bikes aren't cool here. This is:

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The Bro Ages. I shall pray to the bike gods for you.

In a perfect world: the DMV would require every driver to bicycle for 5 hours on city streets before granting a drivers license, as to let the driver gain cyclists pespective of how really dangerous this **** can get for a cyclist

On city streets Monday 7:00am or 5:00pm with NO bike lane :)

That mud truck is badass. For real.

That mud truck is badass. For real.

Its greatest enemy is underground parking structures and drive thrus with low clearance.

atleast that thing actually gets mobbed off road

unlike most excessively lifted/modded trucks in teh "bro" scene

i still dont understand whats wrong with something becoming more popular? you havent explained that.