Sekt

Rims aren't for sale man!

Igneous Faction

God I hate hypebeast and everything associated with it. This is as bad as that stupid supreme lock.

jamey

i don't think it's a bad idea. how is this any worse than all the other things people are doing to make their bike looks "custom" and "unique"? everyone just has to hate until a select few get the snowball rolling and then they slide in and act like the "cool guys".

dblock

exactly how i feel.
i probably won't get them but that doesn't make me think someone else (or their ride) is lame for wasting their time and money on em

willypilgrim

there is a difference, in the fact that anyone with the desire could custom paint/sticker/design or at least find a friend to do it, while manufacturing handlebars DIY isn't really that simple.

You're argument is the same as saying, THEN WHY DON'T YOU BUILD YOUR OWN BIKE LOL.

fetch

hot topic stores. discuss

dblock

custom just means you have whatever combination of components that you prefer, be it for a functional purpose or for blingin out your bike.
in the case of these stickers, whatever. they're just stickers. i don't think it's stupid just because someone doesn't make their own or find someone to do it.

TRaffic Jammer

I'm waiting to see a set bedazzled in cubic zirconiums, or crystals.....
As the fixed gear bike is the new skateboard then I saw this coming from 20+years ago.

Wait ... it'll get much worse before it gets better.

doomkin

+ DIY instructables page:

SpokePOV: LED Bike Wheel Images

Bikkhu

I think it´s actually kind of healthy that people have abandoned any pretensions of actually riding their fixies. Fixies suck on uphills, downhills and on most flat parts inbetween.

marqueemoon

Whatta buncha sellouts. I'm going to go listen to some "alternative" music now.

breadbox

i love how you hate.

le car

Y'all frustrated at the fact that cycling, i.e. one of the most visually appalling sports on earth :

Is finally getting an influx of visual creativity from the sport that has produced more creative people than any other :


but maybe you just like this kind of stuff:

andypants

Kid Rock is going to kick your A$$!

TRaffic Jammer

Gonz is a god

battles

Hey guys, I love this show. Please, please keep it up. The ratings must be going through the roof - I know I can't stop watching.

Your biggest fan,
Kevin

moe sizlack

I'm willing to bet 75% of the guys responding to this thread wear spandex.

TRaffic Jammer

mmmmaybe...I do. Skating had some pretty horrible years. I started skating in '77, so I've seen the ebb and flow in the sport. Cycling is all about the logos (advertisers/sponsors) and moving towards graphics as more people fall in love with riding and creating individual rides. Skating was about the graphics and is now all about the logos now that the sponsers/advertisers clued into the demographic.

dutret

yeah and wearing spandex is clearly the same as getting some ****ty limited edition stickers that drop on 20th.



As someone who makes his living off "style" I would expect you of all people to realize the only difference between something "visually appalling" and "visually appealing" is who is telling you it's cool.

Skating produces creative people? Hmmmmm.

delicious

Let me explain my "gross" comment a bit:

I think the design is ugly, and hypebeast is appalling.

moe sizlack

Anyone over the age of fifteen should be able to realize this.
Albeit these are strange times.
What with your Mtv, and your diet sodas.
How's a guy to decide on his own.

TRaffic Jammer

I think more creative people took up skating back in the day because there was nobody at any level tryin' to tell us how to look or what we should be doing on our wheeled sticks....just go out and ride. Cycling isn't there yet, there is still too much snobbery around it. Skating didn't produce the creativity, it was the other way 'round.

3Lph

All I'm saying is that I want people to come up with their own designs, rather than just look to others to come up with decals that look okay and that thousands of other people have. I want people to express their own creativity and create somthing truly custom and fitted to their aestetics.

i.e. instead of this:


I would like to see this:


edit: or if you must buy a design, don't buy one that can be made by running a few filters through photoshop.

tink20seven

mmmm that hateraid tastes so good

bionnaki

I dont think a "mystery machine" job is anymore creative than the first...probably less. I guess you've never hung out in Atlanta near the Cartoon Network/CNN/Turner-whatever studios are. I've seen plenty of those mystery machine marketing clones around...

as for decals for deep vs? who gives a ****...I think they're ugly and wont catch on...certainly not with that design.