Originally Posted by
cobrabyte
You're WAY off the mark here. In the "hipster" crowd, a proper C&V bike would get much more attention than that ugly badly done conversion. If anything, this bike would get made fun of more than it is here on this forum. There's conversions done right, and there's conversions done wrong. This bike is an example of someone, who like you, is way out of touch with a certain 'scene'. The only difference is this guy built a crappy bike to try and capitalize on his misinterpretation of what these kids want. That's why it hasnt sold duh
I've done enough charity rides with large hipster contingents that didn't give mine or anybody else's C&V bike a glance, but come an outlandish, multi-colored monstrosity of a bike and they are all over it. Individuality seems to be there game, and there's nothing wrong with that. I've very rarely (if ever?) seen a hipster on a proper C&V ride either. Maybe an old cheap, unrestored, beat-up, patched-up, non-period correct Raleigh or Schwinn, but never a high end Italian.
And the reason this bike hasn't sold is the price...Duh....
Oh, and please Google "hipster bikes brooklyn" and look at the images. Lot's and lot's of pictures of some very colorful, funny looking bikes, but not one proper C&V road bike.