Please read this
11-05-09 | 01:23 AM
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I am a fixed gear enthusiast myself and love the culture that surounds it.
and if those are the only fixed-gear cultures / communities there are, they're hardly worth mentioning, since pdxfixed for instance just seems like a loose network of people who know each other and ride fixed gears. personally, i don't really have any desire to know anybody from pdxfixed. i just ride my bike with my friends, and i'm pretty sure that's what most everyone else on a "fixie" does as well.
punk is a culture because there are many activities associated with it (more than one). in addition, there's a philosophy surrounding punk, and punk fashion, and punk music.
fixed gear on the other hand is not a culture because it's just people riding bikes. MAYBE messing is a culture but that's shaky too because not a whole lot of messengers ride fixed gears.. most messengers ride regular old road bikes or mountain bikes.
besides, what would making this book do? you'd show a cross-section of different people who ride fixies. why? most of them are not very interesting. nobody would buy the book, nobody would publish the book... it's pointless.
not to mention you want to make money off this whole thing. you really can't expect people to back you when you're just using them to make money.
Last edited by luno-pdx; 11-05-09 at 01:28 AM.
11-05-09 | 06:40 AM
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11-05-09 | 08:35 AM
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besides, what would making this book do? you'd show a cross-section of different people who ride fixies. why? most of them are not very interesting. nobody would buy the book, nobody would publish the book... it's pointless.
not to mention you want to make money off this whole thing. you really can't expect people to back you when you're just using them to make money.
11-05-09 | 08:53 AM
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11-05-09 | 11:09 AM
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some photographer in SF did something like this for some sort of art project.
except he set up a place to meet, had the lighting and cameras, and provided free food and beer afterwards
if you really care to do this book ****, you gotta do something like this. even if you want people to take their own pics so it has its own feel, provide the free food and beer
except he set up a place to meet, had the lighting and cameras, and provided free food and beer afterwards
if you really care to do this book ****, you gotta do something like this. even if you want people to take their own pics so it has its own feel, provide the free food and beer
