I’d guess around 10

thought that said shophentai for a second

mmmm.. tentacle pr0n.

Why do I have trouble imagining the skater/messer scene shopping there?

"Every season, Gentei re-imagines it’s shop space with a new theme, redesigning the store and tailoring the shop’s collection to match. In the fall of 2005 the shop’s first theme was military; a diverse selection of BDU and fatigue inspired designs lined the racks, while the shop itself was accented with surplus military goods to match an insignia inspired mural. For spring and summer of 2006 the shop switched over to a fixed gear cycling theme; a common interest of the shop’s creator and staff—the floor becoming a mini-velodrome, the walls covered in a cycling mural, and the shop’s collection hand picked to fit the cycling theme."

Read....every year we try to maximize our profits by capitalizing on we see as being the most popular subculture being slogged to our hipster clients' who MUST have the most fashionable of everything cool as dictated to them by style mavens.

I hear avril lavigne shops there

*cough* Rich Hipsters *cough*

haha they have the pink panasonic with 90 degree seat tube and mirror disc wheel. Enough said. That bike is notorious! Its got an aerospoke front now!

I want to go there with a stripped seatpost binder bolt and see their reaction of horror. Pull out an allen key and they scatter!

Who suggested either was their target? It's a clothing shop stocking high end Japanese street fashion, not a bike/skate shop. The owners/staff just happen to be into fixies. To each their own... *shrug* Don't start the whole hipsters vs. messers thing in here, please, there's a reason why I don't venture outside of this thread.

pft, hipster.

Someones delicate sensibilities have been bruised. To be fair there are just as many pics of skates/bikes as there are of pants and shoes. It is what it is.
Also good to know I can have my old beat up parts powder-coated and sell em for 3 times what they are worth.

They started it. Sorry Wes, but seeing over top the raping of subculture is a peeve, I could not be silent. I DO NOT wish to create a vs. situation

Open for business in October of 2005, Gentei has become not only a celebrated spot in the city’s street style scene, but also a hub for Baltimore’s skaters and bike messengers. Since day one, Gentei has stayed actively involved in these local scenes by sponsoring bike races, a fixed gear crew, and it’s own team of skaters, all natural extensions of the shop’s staff lifestyle.

:lol: Since day one....a year and half ago. :lol:

I certainly don't have any sensibilities... I just like riding and talking about bicycles rather style trends. :D Plus, as I said, to each their own... Who the fark cares what other people are doing/wearing/beating a dead horse with.

I think I'm taking the week off from any heavy riding. My legs are killing me today.. plus I have a blood stained knee in my favorite jeans, two skinned knees, a hurt hand, a 2x bruised thigh (that's right), and a slight head cold and/or allergies. Ugh! It was a fun weekend of riding though.

Yeah well, that's what subcultures are there for, right? Yay capitalism! Not like this is the first nor last time.

I assume they mean since day one of their opening, but yeah, poor choice in wording. :P

Has anyone here spent much time in Chicago? Got a favorite hotel? PM me.

they gotta do the dead rappers toptubeprotector as well...cmon man i wanna see a jam master jay/tupac/biggie top t00b pr0tect0r!!! hurray for makin cash money off of dead rappers and old punk bands!!!

*shakes head*
:lol: Stay off your knees Wes. Bruised thighs? Goin' over the bars?

hahaha.. tupac on one side, biggie on the other? :) Wes-SIDE!

hahaha.. you weren't sayin' that last night! ;) Didn't go over the bars (for once), I was leaned back over the seat on a descent and when the back wheel hit a particularly nasty root the nailed the seat right into my inner-thigh. A few inches higher and it would have been a lot worse!

hahahahaha wes-side...you know east coast owns west coast anyday!

Keith, you gotta start sponsoring our fixed gear crew. We ride around and drink beer and eat dumplings. RAWK!

The Beasts of the East!!!
East Side reppin'

What What !

somnambulant is a hipster ! ! !1111 one

The drake

Bike Week: Curbside Cycle Fixed Gear Gallery & Symposium (Because you missed the other one).

http://www.mybigride.com/wp-content/...ike%20week.jpg

Now THAT'S a poster! :beer:

HMMMMMMMM Friday. Schweet.

And YES! That is the Thundercats font.

http://backintheday.blogharbor.com/Thudercatsymbol.jpg

Aw c'mon wes... ride it off :p

Give the people what they want because every crowd needs catering like it or not. Things come & go.
I'll get you one for you!
*Nice poster

sooooo... would anyone have an idea where i can get a set of replacement V brake posts for a Marzocchi suspension fork? The fork originally came with disc brakes but has since be moved to a different bike that does not have discs. The fork has rubber caps in place of the vbrake posts. Any suggestions? Should I just contact Marzocchi Canada?

http://fuzzz.gaulin.ca/2007/05/14/cu...ke-messengers/

Neat 5 minute Current.tv story on the legacy of messengers in NYC...