Dirty Hipsters
11-04-09 | 09:17 PM
#1
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Fresh Garbage
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Dirty Hipsters
11-06-09 | 08:20 AM
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From: St Peters, Missouri
Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.
Fixed gear bikes used to be out-of-the-mainstream which made them "in." They became so popular that the major manufacturers started producing fixed gear bikes, putting them into the mainstream, which made them "out." So now, since fixed gear bikes are "out" again, they are actually "in."
Unless, of course, your fixed gear bike is a road bike conversion. In that case it started life as "in" until it was converted to fixed gear which was never "in," even among the other fixed gear riders, so it was always "out" which is actually "in."
Got that?
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11-06-09 | 08:54 AM
#14
Nü-Fred
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: Brooklyn, NY
Bikes: Torelli Tipo Uno (stolen), Peugeot Nice, Mercier Kilo TT
Exactly!
Fixed gear bikes used to be out-of-the-mainstream which made them "in." They became so popular that the major manufacturers started producing fixed gear bikes, putting them into the mainstream, which made them "out." So now, since fixed gear bikes are "out" again, they are actually "in."
Unless, of course, your fixed gear bike is a road bike conversion. In that case it started life as "in" until it was converted to fixed gear which was never "in," even among the other fixed gear riders, so it was always "out" which is actually "in."
Got that?
Fixed gear bikes used to be out-of-the-mainstream which made them "in." They became so popular that the major manufacturers started producing fixed gear bikes, putting them into the mainstream, which made them "out." So now, since fixed gear bikes are "out" again, they are actually "in."
Unless, of course, your fixed gear bike is a road bike conversion. In that case it started life as "in" until it was converted to fixed gear which was never "in," even among the other fixed gear riders, so it was always "out" which is actually "in."
Got that?
my brain hurts
11-06-09 | 10:53 AM
#15
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From: Nashville
Exactly!
Fixed gear bikes used to be out-of-the-mainstream which made them "in." They became so popular that the major manufacturers started producing fixed gear bikes, putting them into the mainstream, which made them "out." So now, since fixed gear bikes are "out" again, they are actually "in."
Unless, of course, your fixed gear bike is a road bike conversion. In that case it started life as "in" until it was converted to fixed gear which was never "in," even among the other fixed gear riders, so it was always "out" which is actually "in."
Got that?
Fixed gear bikes used to be out-of-the-mainstream which made them "in." They became so popular that the major manufacturers started producing fixed gear bikes, putting them into the mainstream, which made them "out." So now, since fixed gear bikes are "out" again, they are actually "in."
Unless, of course, your fixed gear bike is a road bike conversion. In that case it started life as "in" until it was converted to fixed gear which was never "in," even among the other fixed gear riders, so it was always "out" which is actually "in."
Got that?
I've been wrestling with this conflict for around 13 years now....except when I first started having issues with this, it was the punks instead of the hipsters. Good grief. Who cares, right!?
11-06-09 | 12:32 PM
#16
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Exactly!
Fixed gear bikes used to be out-of-the-mainstream which made them "in." They became so popular that the major manufacturers started producing fixed gear bikes, putting them into the mainstream, which made them "out." So now, since fixed gear bikes are "out" again, they are actually "in."
Unless, of course, your fixed gear bike is a road bike conversion. In that case it started life as "in" until it was converted to fixed gear which was never "in," even among the other fixed gear riders, so it was always "out" which is actually "in."
Got that?
Fixed gear bikes used to be out-of-the-mainstream which made them "in." They became so popular that the major manufacturers started producing fixed gear bikes, putting them into the mainstream, which made them "out." So now, since fixed gear bikes are "out" again, they are actually "in."
Unless, of course, your fixed gear bike is a road bike conversion. In that case it started life as "in" until it was converted to fixed gear which was never "in," even among the other fixed gear riders, so it was always "out" which is actually "in."
Got that?
man, this is easy!
11-06-09 | 01:33 PM
#17
Metal Maniac
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 45
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From: Chicago
Bikes: 1973 Fuji Finest fully restored, touring setup. Bianchi Classica with silver lilac powdercoat, fixed gear commuter bike.
I wear tight pants, watch art films and listen to underground music, and drink cheap beer but I also have stupid looking mountain shoes for my SPD pedals, use fenders, and care about things. I would ask but I guess I'm probably a hipster.
11-09-09 | 01:11 AM
#18
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nobody is a hipster. if you live on a trust fund / daddy's money and have a super trendy bike messenger job then you can get **** for being a hipster in my opinion. otherwise, you're fine. that's where i draw the line at least.
11-09-09 | 01:59 AM
#19
thread derailleur
Joined: May 2008
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From: beyond Thunderdome
Bikes: 82 Bianchi ECO Pista, Pake, Kilo TT, some *** bmx i found underneath an old house
really? that's pretty shallow reasoning for classifying someone as being as shallow as a hipster. having money or not doesn't make a damn bit of difference as to whether someone is a hipster. Placing style and fashion over substance is what counts on that one, and I've known just as many non-parent subsidized kids that are guilty of this as not. You front Portland in your handle, maybe that makes you a hipster? Sounds about as plausible as the rationale you've given there...
11-09-09 | 02:07 AM
#20
The bus, Gus
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: NYC
I go to art school
I wear tight pants
I appreciate underground indy
I have strange taste in clothes
I wear thick framed glasses
I ride a fixed gear conversion with lime green veeps and matchy match seat and handlebars because it looks cool.
I'm the worst of both worlds.
I wear tight pants
I appreciate underground indy
I have strange taste in clothes
I wear thick framed glasses
I ride a fixed gear conversion with lime green veeps and matchy match seat and handlebars because it looks cool.
I'm the worst of both worlds.
11-09-09 | 09:57 AM
#24
Beausage is Beautiful
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Saitama, Japan
Bikes: Nabiis Alchemy
Me no speaka da English
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