Is it a bad thing when commuting is hip?
06-05-12, 04:21 PM
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Is it a bad thing when commuting is hip?
Is it a bad thing when commuting is hip?
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06-05-12, 04:49 PM
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its only a bad thing when said commuter is a guy wearing girl's jeans, a "vintage" shirt, and riding a god awful rattle canned multi colored ss/fg while puffing a parly.
....otherwise known as hipsters.....AKA "i am not a hipster, even though i dress and act like one, but by renouncing hipsterdom I am therefore special and unique, and too hip and cool to be categorized".......
....otherwise known as hipsters.....AKA "i am not a hipster, even though i dress and act like one, but by renouncing hipsterdom I am therefore special and unique, and too hip and cool to be categorized".......
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lol
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Pretty girl says "I ride my bike to get where I need to go. And I enjoy the ride. So..."
She's much hipper than I am, but that's exactly the same reason I ride my bike to work. I love it.
She's much hipper than I am, but that's exactly the same reason I ride my bike to work. I love it.
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Wow..that was like really Groovy, man....
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its only a bad thing when said commuter is a guy wearing girl's jeans, a "vintage" shirt, and riding a god awful rattle canned multi colored ss/fg while puffing a parly.
....otherwise known as hipsters.....AKA "i am not a hipster, even though i dress and act like one, but by renouncing hipsterdom I am therefore special and unique, and too hip and cool to be categorized".......
....otherwise known as hipsters.....AKA "i am not a hipster, even though i dress and act like one, but by renouncing hipsterdom I am therefore special and unique, and too hip and cool to be categorized".......
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its only a bad thing when said commuter is a guy wearing girl's jeans, a "vintage" shirt, and riding a god awful rattle canned multi colored ss/fg while puffing a parly.
....otherwise known as hipsters.....AKA "i am not a hipster, even though i dress and act like one, but by renouncing hipsterdom I am therefore special and unique, and too hip and cool to be categorized".......
....otherwise known as hipsters.....AKA "i am not a hipster, even though i dress and act like one, but by renouncing hipsterdom I am therefore special and unique, and too hip and cool to be categorized".......
06-05-12, 06:48 PM
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I'm not hip, just ask my twenty-something kids. But I smile anytime I see someone using a bike on a regular basis.
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When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
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06-05-12, 07:20 PM
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It might be hip when attractive young 20-somethings commute. But it's not hip the way I do it!
06-05-12, 08:15 PM
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I see humor is not the name of your game.
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I think it's going to be a long while before bike commuting is hip in my area.
As to what people wear when commuting, it doesn't matter to me.
Some people may think i look like a mushroom-headed tool.
As to what people wear when commuting, it doesn't matter to me.
Some people may think i look like a mushroom-headed tool.
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Haha, see that was funny.
ianstew: it was more that it was the first comment and there are a lot of people who get really bent out of shape about "hipsters" and a lot of the anger is about prescribed motives with little truth to the people they are actually describing. I'll give you credit for setting up mechanicalron for the assist though.
ianstew: it was more that it was the first comment and there are a lot of people who get really bent out of shape about "hipsters" and a lot of the anger is about prescribed motives with little truth to the people they are actually describing. I'll give you credit for setting up mechanicalron for the assist though.
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What??? PEOPLE BIKING DIFFERENTLY THAN ME? How dare they enjoy MY hobby!
Seriously, the level of elitism in this entire forum is starting to really grate on me...
Seriously, the level of elitism in this entire forum is starting to really grate on me...
06-05-12, 11:23 PM
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Yep, I think it would be a good thing if our city had hipsters, between myself and another woman cyclist, we seem to be the only commuting cyclists (that I've viewed) trying to set a fashion statement, then the BMX'er crowd tries to set the tone for the rest of the city.
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The only issue i have with said neon rattle can ss/fx hipsters is that they run red lights, ride on the wrong side, dont have breaks, dont use lights at night thats not to say all ss/fx riders but if you live in LA and maybe other places you would know the type but i wear skinny jeans and a vintage T and dress well and have my bike looking..... cool 
but i have the vintage cool although i could use a good powder coating just to have a fresh paint job but the paint would cost more than my bike :/.
However i feel it is the healthiest trend in a long time more excersise for young people whats bad about that 
but i have the vintage cool although i could use a good powder coating just to have a fresh paint job but the paint would cost more than my bike :/.However i feel it is the healthiest trend in a long time more excersise for young people
whats bad about that
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Bicycle commuting is cool in some places now, but certainly not everywhere. It takes a lot more character to be a commuter in southern cities like Houston or Atlanta than it does to cycle in Portland or Seattle or Chicago. If you're a commuter in Seattle, you're almost so normal you're boring; even the mayor rides to work sometimes. If you live in Houston and you're seen riding a bike at 7:00 AM on a Monday, you're risking social censure; people will assume you're destitute or a DUI. Decent people don't ride bikes for utilitarian purposes in Baptist regions.
06-06-12, 12:55 AM
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I find this quite funny, if you mean tighter/slim/skinny jeans.
Everywhere else I've been in the world, refers to looser jeans as "American" jeans, however, you guys refer to slim jeans as "girls jeans." I think you've seen too many Miller Lite commercials or can't fit in slim-cut jeans?
Everywhere else I've been in the world, refers to looser jeans as "American" jeans, however, you guys refer to slim jeans as "girls jeans." I think you've seen too many Miller Lite commercials or can't fit in slim-cut jeans?