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samal 07-10-07 05:10 PM

need some help with the "h" word
 
alright,
I have to create a powerpoint presentation for a college class. Any topic is open, I just have to keep it "G" rated.
I thought that hipsters on fixed gear bikes would be informative yet amusing.
please either post or pm me with information and pics or video about the "co-opting of fixed culture" or something like that

thanks

the pope 07-10-07 05:15 PM

Isn't the point to do your own research and form your own opinion? And isn't there way more information available here already than you can use?

You sound like a lazy person.

doofo 07-10-07 05:19 PM

lazy muther****in hipster!

what is the class
?

powerpoint 101

for christs sake think of all of the valid and beautiful topics you could choose

samal 07-10-07 05:20 PM

ha
or maybe i'll just do something on how to build your own fixed gear
and i may be a little lazy, but it was more about conglomerating the wit and dry humor that abounds on this forum all into one convenient location from which I could sample until I was sick of it



maybe I am just lazy

the pope 07-10-07 05:23 PM

There ain't no maybe about it.

doofo 07-10-07 05:23 PM

i will help you create a best of bfssfg power point but i doubt if you will pass the class

BuddyMike 07-10-07 05:26 PM

Wouldn't it be a counter--culture?

the pope 07-10-07 05:29 PM

counter to what? using one gear is counter to using more gears?

doofo 07-10-07 05:30 PM

counter to not wearing girl pants

the pope 07-10-07 05:34 PM

^^ There's one for the bullet point proficiency requirement, OP!

genericbikedude 07-10-07 08:18 PM

that is a college assignment? I went to a hippie school, and **** was harder than that.

dustinlikewhat 07-10-07 08:31 PM

at what point will the presentation devolve into random photoshoped images and long winded diatribes about brakes vs no brakes?

pitboss 07-10-07 08:36 PM

what about doing something that actually EDUCATES people about this aspect of cycling. You know - research "safety" bicycles, Marshall Taylor, the first velodromes, speculation on when/where/why track bikes emerged as a popular mode of transportation/working bike.

If you want to waste people's time - including your own - please, continue showing the stupidest possible angle of track bikes being ridden in the street.

don't fail before beginning your assignment.

doofo 07-10-07 09:35 PM


Originally Posted by pitboss

don't fail before beginning your assignment.

but thats the hipster way

mander 07-10-07 09:46 PM

lolz

Psydotek 07-10-07 10:13 PM


Originally Posted by doofo
counter to not wearing girl pants

I'm more partial to girls not wearing pants. But that's just me...:D

shakeNbake 07-10-07 10:40 PM

Slide #1:


http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006...anFabian-2.jpg

dcdude 07-10-07 10:46 PM

Slide #2:

The End.

TheDLake 07-10-07 10:58 PM


Originally Posted by the pope
Isn't the point to do your own research and form your own opinion? And isn't there way more information available here already than you can use?

You sound like a lazy person.


damn this forum is HARSHHHHHHH! :eek:

abeabe 07-10-07 11:19 PM

fixed gear culture is a myth propogated by the liberal media

fibergoldfish 07-11-07 12:07 AM

fixed gear culture was behind 9/11

marqueemoon 07-11-07 12:09 AM

Powerpoint culture not for sale!

fibergoldfish 07-11-07 12:11 AM

wookie pube culture is only 9.99

Aeroplane 07-11-07 06:46 AM


Originally Posted by samal
alright,
I have to create a powerpoint presentation for a college class. Any topic is open, I just have to keep it "G" rated.
I thought that hipsters on fixed gear bikes would be informative yet amusing.

Wrong. That would be so, so lame. It's barely even amusing to people who know what you're talking about, let alone a class full of people so dumb that their assignment is "make a powerpoint presentation on anything".

Sandwiches would be much more suitable.

CF4L 07-11-07 07:10 AM

I think you should just do a presentation about LOLCATZ. Everyone likes them. Most people hate bikes. If you want your classmates to like you, which you should, use LOLCATZ.

andypants 07-11-07 07:17 AM


Originally Posted by pitboss
what about doing something that actually EDUCATES people about this aspect of cycling. You know - research "safety" bicycles, Marshall Taylor, the first velodromes, speculation on when/where/why track bikes emerged as a popular mode of transportation/working bike.

Right? Maybe this is not esoteric enough. Maybe someone should also post the meaning to that word to save research time.

TRaffic Jammer 07-11-07 07:23 AM

Compare hipsters riding trackies on the street to lemmings in the wild. A marketing version of culling the herd. Cashing in on subculture isn't new, do some real research and you could have quite a presentation. I can't wait for all the cheap track frames in a couple years *rubs hands together*...daddy's going to the track...

bbattle 07-11-07 07:35 AM

Get the pics from that movie "Blond Ambition" and you'll have your messenger culture corrupted pics.

Do a Google search for top tube protectors. Count the number of companies selling them.

Track the rise in prices for track frames, particularly Japanese ones and especially the NJS certified ones. Look at bike websites from years past; no track/singlespeed/street fixie bikes. Now look at their current websites; everybody is selling one. According to my LBS, Specialized is coming out with a whole lineup of bikes to serve the booming hipster crowd.


And then there's scraper bikes. Don't forget, they are singlespeed, too.

ridin' on my scraper bike, ridin' on my scraper bike.

Falkon 07-11-07 07:50 AM

haha, I nearly fell of my bike when you started singing that to those scraper bike kids.

Aeroplane 07-11-07 08:32 AM


Originally Posted by CF4L
I think you should just do a presentation about LOLCATZ. Everyone likes them. Most people hate bikes. If you want your classmates to like you, which you should, use LOLCATZ.

I endorse this message.


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