Commuting without looking like a Fred or Hipster - Possible?
05-13-14, 03:53 PM
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05-13-14, 04:23 PM
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I wonder what category I am.
I've seen people carrying helmets around New York, maybe two so far. I expect to see a slight increase over time. They carry them so they can use them with Citibike, the city's bike share program. I signed up for it today, after living here nine months.
I've seen people carrying helmets around New York, maybe two so far. I expect to see a slight increase over time. They carry them so they can use them with Citibike, the city's bike share program. I signed up for it today, after living here nine months.
I wear a helmet when I ride my own bike, but don't when I ride bike share. Go figure. I figure if I'm schlepping my bike, I can schlep the helmet, but on bike share, I can't be bothered. It kind of destroys the convenience and spontaneity of the thing (and we can sidestep the whole debate about helmets). For the record, I don't look anything like the guy in the picture, and I hope don't ride like him either. Some guy on a road bike saw me on a Citi Bike once and said, "Hey, you ride fast."
(I never knew that was the Fred emoticon.)
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05-13-14, 07:53 PM
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always rides with luggage
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Surely not a hipster. There's not enough irony in all the world for that hat.
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Your list isn't complete without one of the more prolific cycling journalists of recent time - the late Sheldon Brown:
Until you've scotch-taped the holes on your helmet (it kept his head warm) and glued a plastic eagle you found on the road to the top, you probably aren't a real Fred.
Until you've scotch-taped the holes on your helmet (it kept his head warm) and glued a plastic eagle you found on the road to the top, you probably aren't a real Fred.
05-14-14, 09:31 AM
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05-14-14, 06:06 PM
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contiuniously variable
Clearly this is the answer......
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Mythbusters did:
https://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/polishing-a-turd-minimyth.htm
https://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/polishing-a-turd-minimyth.htm
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