Tomo_Ishi

That's so true. In the city, I remember people are always upset with drivers from Jersey for some reason.

... This is really odd discussion for me because upstate where I was working, to be uncool you only have to start using Canadian quarters. Anyone had the experience when your last quarter is Canadian and can't buy the coke or ... "dinner".

So uncool bike for me would be any bikes with surface covered with Canadian quarters. ...

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queerpunk

ha.

fail.

ryansupak

A ******bag can come in any style of clothing. The main thing that makes a ******bag is the combination of inauthenticity and condescension. (Authenticity doesn't necessarily have anything to do with how long you've been doing something, either.)

If you are driven by the love of what you do, that love will come through and you'll be cool in a way that no fashion slave can touch. If you're not, no accessory will set you apart in the way you want it to.

rs

smp22

So, if someone gets into it these days .. they did it because it was cool, they didn't do it cause they were genuinely interested and genuinely liked it? I mean, I'm sure that there are a lot of bandwagon jumpers, there always are, with anything worth doing .. but come on, to think that EVERYONE who's picked it up lately is just a follower is a little unfair.

Far as street cred is concerned .. well, I was sleeping with a bike messenger that had a fixed gear back in 2002. ???? But back then I wasn't into bicycles cause I was too busy with crotch rockets.

johnprolly

^win

queerpunk

oohhhhhhhh, now it all makes sense.

getting screwed gives you street cred!

that's why working messengers are so rad!

johnprolly

^win win

KrautFed

Is PBR still the fad drink of choice in NYC?

johnprolly

since when is PBR a fad drink? It's a cheap beer. I prefer the now Belgian Budweiser tallboy though.

KrautFed

I've had it before, because it was cheap, however (I feel) its a fad beer here to fit in with the urban socialites of big cities. I'm sick of the local vegan/PBR/save the world types who have no backbone or reasons for living such a life other than seeing celebs or being the hip thing to do.

PS - I've already been stereotyped as drinking PBR because I ride a fixed gear.

johnprolly

Sigh....

You people worry too much about **** like that!

euphoria

for a thread as ****ty as this it sure is still at the top

Snails

then ride a ******* geared bike... oh wait, you probably think you're too hip for one of those things...

IllSpecialist

If anyone see's one of these fruits riding around please cave in the left side of their head with a blunt object. I am truly disgusted.

Wait, is that the MASH crew?

wnatw

i wish OP would come back.

come on, *****.

NewYorkMantle

well the guy in the middle is prolly, so you can just pm him about how disgusted you are.

Gyeswho

well I've missed the chance to do this multiple times since I've hung around and ridden with some of them before huh? You need to take your hate somewhere else

IllSpecialist

Not hating. And if you've hung around them before as you say you have, you would know that their look some what resembles that of those pictured. However, to MASH's credit, I'm sure the person who styled the photo took some style ques from MASH. As I'm sure everyone on here would agree that they dress cool. Lastly, I've seen MASH bikes and they're way nicer than the props in the photo.

jitensha!

i must have that hat. it'll look minty-fresh when l walk my bike to cogan's every night.

euphoria

nahh

Gyeswho

but what you don't realize is those bikes get ridden and are not just props. since when do bikes have to be nice all the time? I don't agree entirely with the tricks scene (though I know a few), but they are using their bikes and not just posing pretty pictures of them.

as far as MASH's style being "cool," that's a very subjective statement to make. Some feel dressing like a metrosexual is cool, while others think dressing casually is cool, who is cooler?

stachemaster

What are you talking about? Urban socialites? I doubt some rich, upper east side dwelling socialite millionaire would ever drink anything besides a fine vintage wine or champagne. Get your terms correct.

You're attempt at a PBR joke was a fail. It's a cheap beer, and PBR works with party promoters to have their drinks in bars and parties. Bars also have deals with a well shot and a cheap can of beer for $5, if PBR happens to be the cheap beer they carry, that's what's going to be gulped down. Same goes for Yuengling, Black Label, Heineken, Dos Equis, and every other company that wants their brand to gain familiarity and recognition at a bar.

matt wisconsin

jesus christ, true. who gives a **** what beer you drink.. are you going to dive into that now?

It sucks that I have to have that little thought in the back of my head about people judging me on my beer choice, my drivetrain on my bike, the fit of my jeans.


P.S. John Prolly, how much does PBR go for in NYC? I heard I could make a killing by buying it in WI and selling it to NY kids

I Like Peeing

I'll bum everyone out with this one:

https://www.betterworldshopper.org/r-beer.html

PBR = F.

ZiP0082

while it was a rhetorical question, i'll add that at the grocery store near my apartment, PBR is $6.99 + deposit, and tax for a 12-pack

edit: yes, the F is unfortunate