Bike Forums

Bike Forums (https://www.bikeforums.net/forum.php)
-   Singlespeed & Fixed Gear (https://www.bikeforums.net/singlespeed-fixed-gear/)
-   -   Hipsters... (https://www.bikeforums.net/singlespeed-fixed-gear/431025-hipsters.html)

matt wisconsin 06-18-08 11:04 AM

I see more 30somethings in spandex and 10 speeds than I do 20somethings with tight jeans and aerospoked fixed gears. I say we reconsider who we are calling hipsters.

theetruscan 06-18-08 11:07 AM


Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver (Post 6901575)
This is what the anti-hipster rides even if he's not sure what defines a hipster...

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikep...wievuelta1.jpg

I hate that sticker so much! "One Fewer Car" would be fine, but . . . AUGH!

TRaffic Jammer 06-18-08 11:13 AM


Originally Posted by jet sanchEz (Post 6901514)
How old is middle-aged? I am 36 and ride a GT track with gold deep-Vs, which is probably the picture-definition of a hipster track bike. I always think of middle-aged as being in your 40s, is that right?

:lol: I get you for that Jet, 42 that I am..hahaha
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5940/hipstersv1.jpg

Take the quiz to find out if YOU ARE A HIPSTER!!! :lol:
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/quiz/...ster-quiz?qp=1

Your Score: 18

I shop at Urban Outfitters and like the Cure.
You have some sense of style and decent musical appreciation, but there are some glaring holes in your hipster resume. Don't worry. In this case holes in your resume are a positive thing, because it is a job that you probably don't want.

zoltani 06-18-08 11:26 AM

Hipster may have once been a term for describing a certain type of person who fits into a certain sub-culture. Now it is just a fashion. Yes, we are "infested" with them in SF, but these days it seems that it is just a culture of fashion and nothing else. I have seen groups of middle schoolers wearing skinny jeans, big glasses, 80s shirts, and just generally having that rockstar/junkie look. Similarly i have seen frat boy types that have obviously adopted the fashion, only with designer clothes that are super expensive, but have that vintage/thrift store look.

It's a fashion that is being fed to them just as skateboard culture and fashion was fed to the masses in the 90s.

TRaffic Jammer 06-18-08 11:31 AM

some funny sh*t

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/artic...ati-talks-back

Jabba Degrassi 06-18-08 11:36 AM


Originally Posted by theetruscan (Post 6901957)
I hate that sticker so much! "One Fewer Car" would be fine, but . . . AUGH!

What's it like being the only person in the world who cares?

~Stuart~ 06-18-08 11:39 AM

TRaffic Jammer:

Your Score: -482
What's a Moz?
We hate to be the ones that have to break this to you, but unless khaki-colored, baggy cargo pants, Yanni and a pleasant disposition come back into style, you're consigned to a life of unremarkable blandness. We're sorry.

TRaffic Jammer 06-18-08 11:44 AM

-482 BS you try to lose/win ... :lol:
You street fixie riding model you ... hahahaha

DARTHVADER 06-18-08 11:53 AM

maybe i am a hipster...
"The entry for "hipsters" defined it as "characters who like hot jazz." [2]"

Cynikal 06-18-08 11:57 AM

Wait a second! If you like the Cure you are a hipster? What about if you liked them in the 80's? Does that count for anything? And don't get me started about Joy Division...

skinnyland 06-18-08 12:01 PM


Originally Posted by Yoshi (Post 6901565)
Trust me, a tattooed guy in cut-off shorts and a cycling cap on a fixed-gear is not a hipster. Not even close.

*phew*

TRaffic Jammer 06-18-08 12:03 PM

I know, it seems not even the authors of the quiz were old enough to listen to this stuff in the 70's and 80's.

~Stuart~ 06-18-08 12:05 PM


Originally Posted by TRaffic Jammer (Post 6902214)
-482 BS you try to lose/win ... :lol:
You street fixie riding model you ... hahahaha

hahahahaha the best part is i answered it seriously!!!!!





btw, this job sucks. Only good thing is the countless hot chicks every day... mmmmmmm

zoltani 06-18-08 12:06 PM


Originally Posted by DARTHVADER (Post 6902277)
maybe i am a hipster...
"The entry for "hipsters" defined it as "characters who like hot jizz." [2]"

Fixed it for ya....

TRaffic Jammer 06-18-08 12:09 PM

How is it possible to be so unhip in 10 questions? :lol: Jokes aside, I've know many models in the past and yea, it's some seriously long drawn out stretches of mind numbing boredom and discomfort.

~Stuart~ 06-18-08 12:18 PM

yea... think 16 interviews a day, with 15-45min traveling inbetween, with lines of 50-350 people, to finally have them say "no we wanted dark hair".


the best analogy is "Getting a blow job for 30 min, then having you **** shoved in bucket of ice"






but the drinking in public/lines and girls makes it kinda easier

trelhak 06-18-08 12:23 PM

Participating in that quiz makes you a hipster.

popbi 06-18-08 01:47 PM


Originally Posted by ~Stuart~ (Post 6901417)
Wiki has the answer but i didn't see aerospoke in there

I would like to invalidate the entire first paragraph in this wiki definition. :crash:

TRaffic Jammer 06-18-08 02:11 PM


Originally Posted by trelhak (Post 6902497)
Participating in that quiz makes you a hipster.

all in fun *Makes chicken noises* :)

G60 06-18-08 02:21 PM


Originally Posted by zoltani (Post 6902084)
Yes, we are "infested" with them in SF,

meh....you're lucky you don't live in the central valley. i'll trade an infestation of your hipsters any day for our infestation of brahs.

zoltani 06-18-08 02:35 PM


Originally Posted by G60 (Post 6903324)
meh....you're lucky you don't live in the central valley. i'll trade an infestation of your hipsters any day for our infestation of brahs.

Don't worry, they will soon catch on and become brahsters...

~Stuart~ 06-18-08 02:54 PM

i carry my "Hipster spray"... its a tazer

DARTHVADER 06-18-08 02:57 PM


Originally Posted by zoltani (Post 6902371)
Fixed it for ya....

oh yeah, i don't mind hot jizz. it's best when it's coming outta my penis onto some boobies or in some young hip girls mouth.

frymaster 06-18-08 02:58 PM


Originally Posted by ~Stuart~ (Post 6903513)
i carry my "Hipster spray"... its a tazer

jesus. i scored 12.

don't tase me bro.

theetruscan 06-18-08 02:59 PM


Originally Posted by zoltani (Post 6902371)
Fixed it for ya....

Don't the words have the same origin?

frymaster 06-18-08 03:08 PM


Originally Posted by theetruscan (Post 6903544)
Don't the words have the same origin?

close enough

http://www.nfo.net/usa/etymol.html

theetruscan 06-18-08 03:30 PM


Originally Posted by frymaster (Post 6903595)

I used to know this awesome old jazz musician (if I remember, he was 86 or 87 when he died in 2002) who used to tell the story of Jazz being played in brothels and the name coming from sex. I'd never bothered checking on its accuracy, since it was too fun, but it's nice to know it was true.

moz138 06-18-08 03:32 PM

sooo people are still talking about hipsters? you guys should talk about the leprechaun in the tree. thats more recent. or the challenger explosion. who ****ing cares. really?

G60 06-18-08 04:47 PM


Originally Posted by zoltani (Post 6903410)
Don't worry, they will soon catch on and become brahsters...

hmm....wonder when we'll see the first fixed gear dirtbike/quad :lol:

lattanzio 06-18-08 05:53 PM


Originally Posted by Big R (Post 6900977)
So as a balding middle-aged fixed-gear rider, I never really understood the proper definition of "hipster" as is so frequently used in this forum.

And then last week...it happened to me. I saw these two guys with heavy tatoos, stringy hair, no helmet, platform pedals and flat bars. Hit me like a ton of bricks "so that's what they're talking about"

Am I close?

[by the way...no judgement here, except for the lack of helmet]

OMG theres leik 5000 threads like this USE SEARCH FUNC NOOB.

on a serious note... whats a heavy tattoo? heavily laden under tattooed duress?


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:15 AM.


Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.