View Poll Results: Are you probably a hipster?
yes
107
42.80%
no
143
57.20%
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Are you probably a hipster?
05-19-08 | 08:25 PM
#78
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 3,959
Likes: 4
From: Davis CA
Bikes: Surly Cross-Check, '85 Giant road bike (unrecogizable fixed-gear conversion
Let's see ...
I'm 46.
I own a Honda Accord. A green one. I also own a Volvo. A white one.
I own a house in the suburbs.
I teach first grade.
My iPod is full of the same alt-rock I listened to when I was in my twenties.
But ....
My iPod is full of the same alt-rock I listened to when I was in my twenties.
I own three fixed gear conversions. Two of them have moustache bars and Brooks saddles.
I don't allow carbon fiber on my property. The same for wheels that don't have at least 32 spokes.
I did own some riser bars once. I chopped them up to make a mounting bar for the many lights I use on my bikes in the winter.
I've also been known to hang out a bike co-ops.
I did race in an alleycat once. It was one of the most fun things I ever did on a bike. I almost DFL'd.
I never drink PBR, but in the 80's my friends and I all drank Meisterbrau and Milwaukee's Finest because it was cheap and we like the irony of it.
I'm 46.
I own a Honda Accord. A green one. I also own a Volvo. A white one.
I own a house in the suburbs.
I teach first grade.
My iPod is full of the same alt-rock I listened to when I was in my twenties.
But ....
My iPod is full of the same alt-rock I listened to when I was in my twenties.
I own three fixed gear conversions. Two of them have moustache bars and Brooks saddles.
I don't allow carbon fiber on my property. The same for wheels that don't have at least 32 spokes.
I did own some riser bars once. I chopped them up to make a mounting bar for the many lights I use on my bikes in the winter.
I've also been known to hang out a bike co-ops.
I did race in an alleycat once. It was one of the most fun things I ever did on a bike. I almost DFL'd.
I never drink PBR, but in the 80's my friends and I all drank Meisterbrau and Milwaukee's Finest because it was cheap and we like the irony of it.
Last edited by MrCjolsen; 05-19-08 at 08:31 PM.
05-19-08 | 08:32 PM
#79
or tarckeemoon, depending
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 7,017
Likes: 2
From: the pesto of cities
Bikes: Davidson Impulse, Merckx Titanium AX, Bruce Gordon Rock & Road, Cross Check custom build, On-One Il Pomino, Shawver Cycles cross, Zion 737, Mercian Vincitore, Brompton S1L, Charge Juicer
At my age I would be flattering myself if I voted yes.
05-20-08 | 02:15 AM
#83
^posier than thou
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 317
Likes: 1
From: Honolulu, HI
Bikes: black 62cm IRO Angus w/Fusions on Phil hubs, Sugino 75 cranks, Soma track drops
I went from totally hipster to totally ****ing cool the day I got rid of my car and bought a bike. Ha...beat that.
05-20-08 | 07:24 PM
#88
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 216
Likes: 1
From: Melbourne, Australia
I wear jeans, tees and Vans... always have. I guess I look like a hipster. In the past I have also looked like a punk, skater, grunger, stoner and hippy. Scenes change, the clothes stay the same.
05-21-08 | 11:22 AM
#91
Thread Starter
Seņor Member
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 289
Likes: 0
From: Brooklyn
Bikes: Surly Steamroller, Specialized Sirrus, KHS Solo SE
05-21-08 | 02:44 PM
#95
Seņor Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 125
Likes: 0
From: steel city
Bikes: travelers check, trucker deluxe, double cross dc, caad 10, rum runner, fuji america, karate monkey, tommasini prestige, parkpre tt, assorted beater/loaner bikes
yeah, of course i am. i thought i wasn't because i didn't have anybody else to show me the styles. i just had sheldon brown's site to make me build my fixed myself. then i came up with rolling the pant legs on my own. bike touring veterans got me into brooks saddles. i like road conversions and box rims, if that helps. oh, and, ultimately, i wear the shimano cycling sandals, so i suppose they absolve anything hipster i'd ever do. but, again, i don't see the sin in being hipster.
