Hipster crosses the line
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What's a spoke card? What's an alleycat?
*ducks*
*ducks*
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Originally Posted by jhnmrk
it would have to be a fantasy baseball ALLEYCAT, so you could put things in your spokes with impunity. start at coogan's bluff in hoboken, over the gwb to polo grounds, over to yankee stadium, down to shea, finishing at a cyclones game. that would actually make for a pretty nice ride...and it works out in the right order history-wise. hmmm....
e-bay!! Probably more than that Jim Abbot card where he appears with two hands!!! Can I get a hells yeah?
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Originally Posted by adamkell
If you fail to abide by these clear instructions, you will be found, removed from your bike and forced to watch while your rear wheel is torn down and rebuilt with radial spokes. If you don't like it, move to Canada.
Also, it seems that maybe if someone sprung for some trophies then this wouldn't be an issue. I'd be really impressed if some guy had like 12 bronze statues on his bike.
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Originally Posted by kathrot
except you went out of your way to make someone feel poorly. nice, guy!
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Originally Posted by thechamp
I'm not so sure what's so respectable about alleycat races. I like the idea of racing but people racing in traffic make all cyclists look bad. Next time you start a thread about how cars don't show cyclists any respect maybe you should thank someone with (earned) spoke cards.
Either be an outlaw, or obey the social contract. You can't have it both ways. It annoys me when a cyclist who rides the wrong way on a one way street, runs red lights, etc. etc. then demands that all people recognize his legal status as a vehicle when he himself does not obey the laws of a vehicle.
I break the same minor laws as everyone else, like not stopping at stop signs when no one is around, but I also don't get self-righteous about my supposed legal rights.
If you want the laws to apply to you, you have to obey them as well.
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Originally Posted by Ken Cox
Where does one get these random images?
I'd like to get some and put them in my spokes.
I'd like to get some and put them in my spokes.
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Originally Posted by Ken Cox
Where does one get these random images?
I'd like to get some and put them in my spokes.
I'd like to get some and put them in my spokes.
go to your local mag stand and pick out any magazine, vogue is prefered or anything that seems to be about alt.culture or extreme sports, then proceed to clip out 'exciting' images and laminate it and stick it in your spokes. voila
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nylund, champ, where in this thread was anyone demanding they have their pie (!) and eat it too, regarding cycling and traffic laws? Did I miss it?
Take it to the advocacy forum, eh? This thread is about spoke cards and Canada and laying down the law. *****es.
Take it to the advocacy forum, eh? This thread is about spoke cards and Canada and laying down the law. *****es.
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YAWN! This argument over the proper social customs of fixed-gear riding is getting really old. Its like people want it to be a fraternity with rules and regulations. Have you ever noticed that sometimes people create overly broad and strict rules just so they can whine and condemn those that break them(aka anything that anyone who is not in their circle of friends does)
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i have a spoke card that my girlfriend made for me out of love, it's a print out of an old poster that has a couple riding bikes on it, and it says "ride a bike, it's fun!" on it. i know several others who have spoke cards that were made for them by loved ones. i also have an old drinking glass that has a couple on a tandem riding down the street accompanied by the phrase "...on a bicycle built for two!" on it. am i supposed to give that up because i don't actually own a tandem?
i think it's a tad ironic to get self-rightous about something that you, yourself don't participate in. it's like non-messenger guilt over riding a bike that's fun to ride. I have 9 bikes, i ride them all. i ride every day to and from work. i've ridden my bike every day for the last 6 years as my main mode of transportation, and guess what, i roll my pant legs up and carry a messenger bag, and so do most of my co-workers at the shop where i work on bikes for 8 hours a day. as far as i'm concerned, anyone who rides a bike is awesome. even if they're on a fixed gear and don't know how to handle it yet, they'll learn, just like i did, just like everyone else, even the holier than the holy messengers, did before them.
get over yourselves.
i think it's a tad ironic to get self-rightous about something that you, yourself don't participate in. it's like non-messenger guilt over riding a bike that's fun to ride. I have 9 bikes, i ride them all. i ride every day to and from work. i've ridden my bike every day for the last 6 years as my main mode of transportation, and guess what, i roll my pant legs up and carry a messenger bag, and so do most of my co-workers at the shop where i work on bikes for 8 hours a day. as far as i'm concerned, anyone who rides a bike is awesome. even if they're on a fixed gear and don't know how to handle it yet, they'll learn, just like i did, just like everyone else, even the holier than the holy messengers, did before them.
get over yourselves.
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I don't care unless you bought the card at Urban Outfitters. But if you did by it at UO, then I don't really care about you. So I guess I'm back to not caring.
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Originally Posted by sillygirl
Its like people want it to be a fraternity with rules and regulations.
wangster will lead the elephant walk -- all posengers strip down.
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I just ate part of my cookie that fell on the floor. 5 second rule!!!
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The Federal Government has four classifications for geographic areas: urban, suburban, rural and frontier.
Within the continental limits of America, only Central and Eastern Oregon qualify as frontier.
That surprises a lot of people.
What about Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas?
Nope.
Only Central and Eastern Oregon.
So out here on the real frontier we have real cattle ranches and people who dress up as cowboys every day as part of going to work.
Some of the cowboys have really authentic costumes and stuff on their very authentic horses.
They even go to rodeos where they can show off their cowboy costumes and their ability to ride a horse.
Although one could say that they represent the last real cowboys on the planet, they come accross as posers.
I think some of them do it just for an excuse to dress up in a cowboy costume.
If their horse had spokes, I doubt if any of the cowboys would stick rodeo cards in their horse's spokes.
But then, what do cowboys know about what really matters?
We also have folks out here who just like to ride horses, and who need to go places only a horse or a man on foot could go.
Some of these horse riders wear cowboys boots and cowboy hats, but they don't strike me so much as posers as do the guys who have cowboy jobs just as an excuse to wear the costume.
Out here, on the real frontier, the biggest posers and pretenders actually work as cowboys.
Go figure.
By the way, following Aeroplane's advice, I did a search on "Hipster," "King of the Hipsters" and "Hipster Pride," but I didn't come up with any cards.
Dang!
Do I sense a business opportunity here?
A niche?
I could publish hipster cards that refer to events that never happened, and if somebody came up and asked me about the event I could say "Invitation only - too bad you missed it."
Within the continental limits of America, only Central and Eastern Oregon qualify as frontier.
That surprises a lot of people.
What about Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas?
Nope.
Only Central and Eastern Oregon.
So out here on the real frontier we have real cattle ranches and people who dress up as cowboys every day as part of going to work.
Some of the cowboys have really authentic costumes and stuff on their very authentic horses.
They even go to rodeos where they can show off their cowboy costumes and their ability to ride a horse.
Although one could say that they represent the last real cowboys on the planet, they come accross as posers.
I think some of them do it just for an excuse to dress up in a cowboy costume.
If their horse had spokes, I doubt if any of the cowboys would stick rodeo cards in their horse's spokes.
But then, what do cowboys know about what really matters?
We also have folks out here who just like to ride horses, and who need to go places only a horse or a man on foot could go.
Some of these horse riders wear cowboys boots and cowboy hats, but they don't strike me so much as posers as do the guys who have cowboy jobs just as an excuse to wear the costume.
Out here, on the real frontier, the biggest posers and pretenders actually work as cowboys.
Go figure.
By the way, following Aeroplane's advice, I did a search on "Hipster," "King of the Hipsters" and "Hipster Pride," but I didn't come up with any cards.
Dang!
Do I sense a business opportunity here?
A niche?
I could publish hipster cards that refer to events that never happened, and if somebody came up and asked me about the event I could say "Invitation only - too bad you missed it."
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Originally Posted by OneTinSloth
i have a spoke card that my girlfriend made for me out of love, it's a print out of an old poster that has a couple riding bikes on it, and it says "ride a bike, it's fun!" on it. i know several others who have spoke cards that were made for them by loved ones. i also have an old drinking glass that has a couple on a tandem riding down the street accompanied by the phrase "...on a bicycle built for two!" on it. am i supposed to give that up because i don't actually own a tandem?
i think it's a tad ironic to get self-rightous about something that you, yourself don't participate in. it's like non-messenger guilt over riding a bike that's fun to ride. I have 9 bikes, i ride them all. i ride every day to and from work. i've ridden my bike every day for the last 6 years as my main mode of transportation, and guess what, i roll my pant legs up and carry a messenger bag, and so do most of my co-workers at the shop where i work on bikes for 8 hours a day. as far as i'm concerned, anyone who rides a bike is awesome. even if they're on a fixed gear and don't know how to handle it yet, they'll learn, just like i did, just like everyone else, even the holier than the holy messengers, did before them.
get over yourselves.
i think it's a tad ironic to get self-rightous about something that you, yourself don't participate in. it's like non-messenger guilt over riding a bike that's fun to ride. I have 9 bikes, i ride them all. i ride every day to and from work. i've ridden my bike every day for the last 6 years as my main mode of transportation, and guess what, i roll my pant legs up and carry a messenger bag, and so do most of my co-workers at the shop where i work on bikes for 8 hours a day. as far as i'm concerned, anyone who rides a bike is awesome. even if they're on a fixed gear and don't know how to handle it yet, they'll learn, just like i did, just like everyone else, even the holier than the holy messengers, did before them.
get over yourselves.
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Wow...didn't think i'd get so many people upset... I was just annoyed at what I saw because I saw the bike on the Pratt campus(alma matter, art school) a very trendy place thats like high school with different cliques depending on how you look and despite some real talented artists, contains mostly spoiled rich kids angry at the world because thats what artists are suppose to do.
So to avoid anymore fights and disagrements, I'd like to hijack my own thread and change the subject to something less bloodpressure raising like what's the best stem or how to get rid of that annoying creak in my crank. let all have a big group e-hug and enjoy the rest of the day talking about what we really love, biking and not about what we do or do not approve of be it hipster or coaster brakes.
So to avoid anymore fights and disagrements, I'd like to hijack my own thread and change the subject to something less bloodpressure raising like what's the best stem or how to get rid of that annoying creak in my crank. let all have a big group e-hug and enjoy the rest of the day talking about what we really love, biking and not about what we do or do not approve of be it hipster or coaster brakes.
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art schools are for posers
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well I'm coming out...I went to Pratt, so yeah...I'm a poser...you guys now all know the truth, I'm a poser traiter, a poser... Artsy fartsy kids....blah blah blah...now go vote on mcatano's poll. If you'd rather watch rockstar:INXS, your a poser, but if you'd rather fight about spoke cards your also a poser... and if you don't vote then your the biggest BF poser cuz a realy BF member would vote on a poll.
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Originally Posted by wangster
well I'm coming out...I went to Pratt, so yeah...I'm a poser...you guys now all know the truth, I'm a poser traiter, a poser... Artsy fartsy kids....blah blah blah...
art schools are for posers
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Originally Posted by ch0mb0
so, the short of this is...do alleycats and you're allowed to put anything you want in your wheels!
even a chihuahua, paris-hilton style. they're the ultimate accessory
even a chihuahua, paris-hilton style. they're the ultimate accessory
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Originally Posted by Jose R
Real artists/architects go to Cooper Union then to Yale.
Last edited by wangster; 07-13-05 at 12:52 PM.
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hmm....i could use a rebuild