NYC (and other major cities) fixed gear scene...dying down?
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NYC (and other major cities) fixed gear scene...dying down?
So is it just me or is the fixed gear scene on its way out? Seems like a year ago anyone and everyone wanted to buy a fixed gear, but now the market doesn't seem as hot. I was trying to sell a few of my bikes a year ago and got many offers but i finally decided not to sell. I put it up for sale again two weeks ago and didn;t generate as much interest as before...
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It's dying down. The hipsters moved on to vintage 10 speeds, Honda Fits and Vespas.
Watch the pistadex.
Watch the pistadex.
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In NYC it does. There are certain rules for being allowed to drink PBR in Williamsburg.
When 40 year old guys like me are seen on fixed gear bikes trying to stay fit it's time to move on to the non-mainstream thing to do.
When 40 year old guys like me are seen on fixed gear bikes trying to stay fit it's time to move on to the non-mainstream thing to do.
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hahahaha hipsters switching over to 10 speeds? I feel like hipsters already have trouble performing maintenance on their fixed gears, how are they going to deal with different gears and deraileurs?
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Every "hipster" I see on Main Street here in Van is on a 1970s ten speed. Non hipsters turn to bmx, become more roadie, get jobs. Everything cycles.
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Let me see... Fixed gears, then 10 speeds... are 1980s All Terrain Bicycles going to be the next big thing??
Maybe we could call them... Mountain bikes!!!
Maybe we could call them... Mountain bikes!!!
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Yeah, remember when this place was full of tarck stars? Yeah, I had no desire to post. I have an old account here that I don't use.
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it's true I've been seeing a lot more "hipsters" riding around in old vintage geared bikes. I don't mind, I like my fixed gear and I'm sticking with it.
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too many fixies out here. It seems like you can't even get hold of a nice old road bike that hasn't been converted
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let's just be glad and reap the benefits, wheelsets(often with tires, and cogs and lockrings), frames and other parts are showing up cheaper on craigslist, we've been waiting for this for years(the first i remember people talking about it was 2006, maybe 2005), enjoy, in a few years it'll be like no one ever cared about fixed gear and things will be cheaper still
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^^^
totally. Time for me to start checking craigslist religiously!
And if anyone owns a vintage Puch moped, wait a few years before u sell it. The value will sky rocket
totally. Time for me to start checking craigslist religiously!
And if anyone owns a vintage Puch moped, wait a few years before u sell it. The value will sky rocket
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All things fixed gear seem to be just hitting their stride here in flyover country, where we're always a few years behind the trends. Move to the Midwest...it's like some sort of time machine.
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I just got to school, UIUC, last sunday from nyc. and I have never seen so many fixed gears on campus.
i have no idea what happened, i guess the trend finally moved here.
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True, True. Out here tarck is the new thing. Even seen some brakeless-aerospoke-girlpants-narrowbar-oury-no lights at night because they ruin the aesthetics-abortions riding around. I don't know how they can afford tires in this town without brakes.... Maybe they walk down the hill.
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