Originally Posted by OrgFarmCY
I actually liked this better than the other 3000 fixed documentaries we've seen on the internet recently. This ones up there with Squid's for me, everyone was well spoken, and generally said something worthwhile.
The girl who had just started riding and immediately bought a fix made me think of something that I toss around a lot. We chastise hipsters for riding bikes (because trends tend to kill good things) but how does that balance out against the fact that more people are riding bikes, something that we're all happy about?</Beating Dead Horse>
it's kinda funny...i just moved to san francisco last april and rode my bmx EVERYWHERE, including up any and all hills encountered on my way to whatever destination. the first weekend i was here, i put over 100 miles on it from riding around checking out apartments. 9 months of riding at least twice a week for 10+ miles round trip. finally i got sick of it and started looking at road bikes and found sheldon brown's little page on fixed gears and it seemed really interesting so i began doing more research until finally testing one and eventually buying my new bike on ebay.
i think the cause can be a good indicator of the difference between something worthy of chastising and something not. for instance that girl said that consumerism was a huge driving force behind her purchase of the bike. in such cases, signs point to her being in it for the short term. but then is that so bad? it's better than her blowing the money on something potentially more damaging to herself or others
Was it just me or did the audio work make it sound like everyone had a lisp?
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