Is it a bad thing when commuting is hip?
06-06-12 | 01:04 PM
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06-06-12 | 02:16 PM
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06-06-12 | 02:47 PM
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I am not just applying this to the hipsters, and honestly I don't have anything against them in particular. Anyone who is out riding like an idiot just perpetuates the bad view of cyclists in general. I don't know if they think they're being cool and 'sticking it to the man', or if they're just uneducated about having to follow the rules of the road and the same laws that apply to cagers. However, if one thing really grinds my gears, it's seeing any kind of cyclist acting like a jerk.
06-06-12 | 02:47 PM
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06-06-12 | 02:59 PM
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06-06-12 | 03:50 PM
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No.....But it's a GOOD thing when it's not.......
I'm not wearing any pants I have to lay on the floor to get into.....but I like it when women do it....
I'm not wearing any pants I have to lay on the floor to get into.....but I like it when women do it....
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06-06-12 | 07:01 PM
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I like the video. What I don't know is how "hip" is it really? Is that a subculture that a lot of 20 somethings relate to or do the majority of people in that age group find the clothes, the bikes, and the lifestyle as unappealing to them as it is apparently to some of us?
Again I liked it. Anything that promotes bike use over cars among a younger crowd is a good thing. When I was that age people were more into cramming thousands of dollars worth of audio equipment into a $200 car.
Again I liked it. Anything that promotes bike use over cars among a younger crowd is a good thing. When I was that age people were more into cramming thousands of dollars worth of audio equipment into a $200 car.
When I was that age.......ah........I forget....man.
06-06-12 | 08:24 PM
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This ^^
I am not just applying this to the hipsters, and honestly I don't have anything against them in particular. Anyone who is out riding like an idiot just perpetuates the bad view of cyclists in general. I don't know if they think they're being cool and 'sticking it to the man', or if they're just uneducated about having to follow the rules of the road and the same laws that apply to cagers. However, if one thing really grinds my gears, it's seeing any kind of cyclist acting like a jerk.
I am not just applying this to the hipsters, and honestly I don't have anything against them in particular. Anyone who is out riding like an idiot just perpetuates the bad view of cyclists in general. I don't know if they think they're being cool and 'sticking it to the man', or if they're just uneducated about having to follow the rules of the road and the same laws that apply to cagers. However, if one thing really grinds my gears, it's seeing any kind of cyclist acting like a jerk.
06-06-12 | 08:26 PM
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06-06-12 | 09:34 PM
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actually with hipsters the clothing part is optional
https://gothamist.com/2009/12/16/bike...ed_to_save.php
https://gothamist.com/2009/12/16/bike...ed_to_save.php
Thumbs up for the naked women too.
06-06-12 | 11:21 PM
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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?
06-07-12 | 03:53 AM
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I forgot to add - this thread is getting 41 worthy.
06-07-12 | 04:15 AM
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I like the video. What I don't know is how "hip" is it really? Is that a subculture that a lot of 20 somethings relate to or do the majority of people in that age group find the clothes, the bikes, and the lifestyle as unappealing to them as it is apparently to some of us?
Again I liked it. Anything that promotes bike use over cars among a younger crowd is a good thing. When I was that age people were more into cramming thousands of dollars worth of audio equipment into a $200 car.
Again I liked it. Anything that promotes bike use over cars among a younger crowd is a good thing. When I was that age people were more into cramming thousands of dollars worth of audio equipment into a $200 car.
06-07-12 | 05:07 AM
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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.
06-07-12 | 09:40 AM
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06-07-12 | 09:43 AM
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But at least with tight jeans, you won't get your pant leg caught in the chain, and you don't have to commit any other fashion faux pas like stuffing your pant leg in your sock or wearing a goofy-looking strap or clip.
06-07-12 | 09:51 AM
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I was joking actually. I can see the practical benefits of skinny jeans as long as they're not too tight. I find that rolling my jeans up works pretty well too.
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06-07-12 | 09:54 AM
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And I don't wear skinny jeans, not since the 80s anyway.