Okay, so Sacha White has been PMing me wondering why I used the words 'hipster' and 'Vanilla' in the same sentence, so I'm here to publically clarify. Here's the offending paragraph for reference -

Seriously though, I dunno how much couriers are paid where you guys are from, but unless they're trust fund babies doing the courier gig to 'see how the other half lives', I dunno any here that would even entertain the thought of spending over 200AUD on a pair of pants to courier in. Maybe it's different in the northern hemisphere, maybe you're all overpaid hipster cruisers doing Allleycat on your Vanillas - I dunno - but that's seriously not the case here.

I used Vanilla in this sentence because it's the most absurd scenario I could think of. You could just as well put 'Sachs' or 'Walker' or 'Thylacine' or 'Parlee' in there if you like. I don't know about any other builders, but I must confess, hipsters DO by Thylacines. Now, Thylacines aren't as bling or expensive as Vanillas, so it's safe I think to assume hipsters do buy Vanillas. It doesn't mean I especially like selling to hipsters, and it certainly isn't my goal in life to cater solely for hipsters - far from it. I got into this gig to sell really nice bikes and semi sensible prices.

Now, where I come from, (dunno why I'm repeating this for the third time) couriers are working class people. They don't ride Vanillas/Thylacines/Whatevers, and they don't wear 160 buck capri pants. If you turned up for work here on a Vanilla/Thylacine/Whatever, you'd be run out of town. That's it, a simple illustration in absurdity from where I'm sitting.

I don't know where the easy going nature of the Americans have gone recently. Seems like most of you are uptight and on edge and in need of either a holiday or at least a good laugh at yourselves? Maybe a trip to Australia or at least The Aussie Thread is in order so we can rough you up a bit, poke fun at you and then give you a bear hug and buy you a beer.

Anyway, must dash. My polished stainless steel lugged Thylacine fixie, custom Crumpler bag and Rapha shants are calling. Meeting some friends down at Starbucks for a have decaf half soy latte. Should be fun.