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Old 07-20-17, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by acidfast7
A little late to the party but I like flat bars.

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I haven't had a drink in 25 years but you only want flat beer on St. Patrick's Day, adding the green coloring does that.
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The people who were hipsters in 2008 are now grown ups.
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Originally Posted by Darth Lefty
The people who were hipsters in 2008 are now grown ups.
... and those who were grown-ups in 2008 are now hipsters.

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I watched a guy struggle to go up a little incline on a fix gear the other day with his hands right next to the stem on really short bars. It was all I could do to keep a straight face. For me it will always be drop bars, road or pista (I actually like pista bars better for climbing) with both brakes and real levers/hoods. In other words, serious road bikes.

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Hipsters in Sacto have moved on from FGs to craptastic Puch mopeds.
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YO! I am a grown-up, promise!
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I was confused about a narrow bar fixie thread in 2017 until I saw the older posts and realized that the world has seemingly moved on from hipsters on fixies.

They're popular with lads of about 12-16 here in Korea these days, and I actually read a wonderful blog post by an SF Randonneur the other day, about riding a fixed Rivendell Quickbeam in a brevet from the Golden Gate to a lighthouse somewhere. His bike sounded wonderfully pure in terms of bicycle DNA.

The hipster urban fixie thing may be a bit over in 2017 but fixed gear riding is stillgoing strong it seems, just in new--and old-- ways.
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I still see lots of fixies, some with straight bars, some with drops, various pedal and brake variations, etc. Hipsters still ride the narrow bars in Boston, but so does a 60 year old friend of mine. I ride a straight-barred belt-drive IGH with short stays that bobs and weaves through traffic as needed. I like the bars slightly narrower than my shoulders, to provide enough control and comfort while avoiding side mirrors at the tight spots.

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I had to Google "Good Charlotte" to find out who/what that was. Interesting bunch of fellows... do they ride fixed?
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I stand by the original response I made 9 years ago... Whatever that was.
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These days I see more school age kids on fixies than adultish hipsters. I like fixed gears. However,

a) Super narrow straight bars are silly, and
b) No brakes is just stupid.
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