Hipster crosses the line
07-13-05, 02:44 PM
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you guys should be glad of even having 'poser messengers' on bikes (fixed wheel at that!) where i live the only fixies on the streets are the couriers. i have a sticker(unpeeled) stuck in my damn spokes. is that ok? its all muddy from these watery ass irish streets. it says ride agaisnt the machine .bike liberation front . woot
it doesnt matter what you stick in your damn spokes as long as you ride a bike! for real. dont lose sight of the true aim here. the people who do the alleycats,the people who ride brakeless track bike in street,the people who work 9-6/7days as a courier and break every light and stop sign will always know that the spokecards they almost died getting racing in some crazy ass alleycat are real. so ... who frickin cares .let the posers pose and the riders ride i say!
it doesnt matter what you stick in your damn spokes as long as you ride a bike! for real. dont lose sight of the true aim here. the people who do the alleycats,the people who ride brakeless track bike in street,the people who work 9-6/7days as a courier and break every light and stop sign will always know that the spokecards they almost died getting racing in some crazy ass alleycat are real. so ... who frickin cares .let the posers pose and the riders ride i say!
07-13-05, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by EnLaCalle
I'm just disappointed that no one has expressed excitement over my idea of skid-distance fantasy baseball competition.
07-13-05, 02:59 PM
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I'm going to get Rob Dobi to do a new version of "How to Dress Emo" (https://dobi.nu/emo/) but with posengers.
07-13-05, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Ken Cox
If their horse had spokes, I doubt if any of the cowboys would stick rodeo cards in their horse's spokes.
Everybody's all up in arms here, but Ken Cox wrote the funniest sentence of the day, which is of course the most important thing.
07-13-05, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by ELC
I'm just disappointed that no one has expressed excitement over my idea of skid-distance fantasy baseball competition.
since I'm no fan of many team sports, I'll do ya one better and express my excrement!
07-13-05, 03:20 PM
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I wonder if there is like a basketball message board somewhere with a thread about all the posers walking around with Nikes and basketball jerseys and whatnot.. Or what if we all got worried about these hipster/possenger problems, and started dressing "normal," would the middle-aged/upper-middle-class guys start *****ing on their forum about how we are posers because we are walking around in their khakis and polo shirts.. Hmm.
07-13-05, 03:27 PM
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I love this!!! Okay, so here we have myself, a roadie (with gears!), venturing into uncharted territory to find this awesome thread. I've actually been reading the whole dang thing. I got a bit bored of the "is it okay to wear team jerseys" in the road cycling section and thought I'd go for something new. Wrong! It seems everyone on a bike is posing! I had no idea what an alleycat is but have surmised that it is a race by messengers in the city through traffic, correct? You guys are nuts. At least you have a better sense of humor than the spandex nazis! I didn't realize there were so many rules to cycling. What should I wear? What should I put on my bike? For the last week I've been constructing this badass aero pink horse head (yes, it's a Campy equine) to mount to the front of my drop bars so I can hit 60 on a descent! Please don't copy me posers! What does this have to do with anything? I don't know, I've just been typing whatever junk keeps flying past my eyes. Tea anyone?
07-13-05, 03:34 PM
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Everything old is new again. No one invents anything. Everything is a copy of something else. Just do whatever the hell you feel like, be nice to other people, and hug your mother.
Oh, and roll 'em high, posers! Damn, snap!
peace,
sam
Oh, and roll 'em high, posers! Damn, snap!
peace,
sam
07-13-05, 04:51 PM
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hipster rule #1. Hipsters hate hipsters.
07-13-05, 04:57 PM
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On the job today, the bike i parked next to had a Metrocard folded/attached to each spoke on both sides of both wheels... obviously not a spoke card from an (fake) alleycat, but a "spokecard" nonetheless. I don't think this is at all an issue, as I feel that the rider wasn't attempting to convey the idea that these cards were the product of alleycats. But if the "hipster bike" in question was attempting to replicate fake alleycat spokecards, then I kinda have a problem with that, but if its just non-(fake)alleycat cards, then who cares?
07-13-05, 05:18 PM
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You guys...I'm sure.
Who really cares about appearences except for the people that invest so much time in their appearences? What is this? The natural extension of the high school clique?
I feel you about the spoke cards. The whole earned thing, but imitation is flattery, and maybe people just like the pictures. Live and let live. Don't hurt me none.
Who really cares about appearences except for the people that invest so much time in their appearences? What is this? The natural extension of the high school clique?
I feel you about the spoke cards. The whole earned thing, but imitation is flattery, and maybe people just like the pictures. Live and let live. Don't hurt me none.
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07-13-05, 05:26 PM
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man forget you guys, i just wedged a greeting card with a puppy and a kitty on it that my granny mailed me into my spokes
07-13-05, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tehz
man forget you guys, i just wedged a greeting card with a puppy and a kitty on it that my granny mailed me into my spokes
07-13-05, 05:30 PM
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Well. . .I did not read *every* post on here so I may have missed it. But the only "race card" I ever got from an alleycat was a card from a Tarot deck. Not that I have been in many lately so maybe some cool art school dropout pimped out a card in photoshop. But as I know them you can get a whole deck of "race cards" at Barnes and Nobel or other. . . 
I've taken the liberty of making up some "authentic" alleycat racing cards. Here is an example:
I've taken the liberty of making up some "authentic" alleycat racing cards. Here is an example:
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07-13-05, 05:31 PM
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please kill this thread
07-13-05, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by WithNail
please kill this thread
07-13-05, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jasonyates
I wonder if there is like a basketball message board somewhere with a thread about all the posers walking around with Nikes and basketball jerseys and whatnot..
07-13-05, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by tehz
man forget you guys, i just wedged a greeting card with a puppy and a kitty on it that my granny mailed me into my spokes
07-13-05, 05:52 PM
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I'll wedge your face in my spokes if you post on this thread again.... please if you read this before you post, just refrain from posting.
07-13-05, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by absntr
The DCC has spokecards that we didn't earn because we made them, well, because we're a crew of riders. However, all other spke cards adorned of DCC member's rides are all earned.
07-13-05, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bostontrevor
God, I so hope this is true. It was my birthday not long ago and now you've inspired me to do this. So awesome.
07-13-05, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by slvoid
What else do I need to look like a messenger?
no, not the girl. the cargo.
07-13-05, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by steaktaco
no, not the girl. the cargo.
I don't actually need cargo to pose, do I?
07-13-05, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by absntr
I'm going to get Rob Dobi to do a new version of "How to Dress Emo" (https://dobi.nu/emo/) but with posengers.
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