A Message to 90percent of the Current San Francisco Population
man this is bull****, Im taking my fixie down to Delirium and getting a PBR
11-23-2010, 08:31 PM
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Why do people like fixie bikes? I don't understand it AT ALL... What do you do when you experience steep hills? What about when you're going fast? Sounds like a lame idea to me....
<----- Would rather have useful gears than to be stuck in one single gear so I can be "hip". Seriously, why? I can see no logical reason other than to save weight, and with how light components are nowadays that hardly even carries weight (no pun intended).
Long story short: Fixies are lame.
<----- Would rather have useful gears than to be stuck in one single gear so I can be "hip". Seriously, why? I can see no logical reason other than to save weight, and with how light components are nowadays that hardly even carries weight (no pun intended).
Long story short: Fixies are lame.
http://www.quora.com/Why-do-hipsters...q=hipster+bike
"Fixed gears are fun bikes as well as being pretty trendy, so I'll address both the cultural context that makes them popular and the experience of riding one.
There were popularized by bike messengers, who started riding fixed gear bikes because they require almost no maintenance - you can ride through the New York winter without fixing your derailleur every week - and because they provide increased control in the sort of gridlock conditions they often ride in.
Now, bike messengers are cool: they're a very visible counterculture presence in urban downtowns, flying in the face of the "suits" that work there. They represent freedom, working outside all day and darting past everybody stuck in cars. They're "hardcore" -- they work through the winter, they're extremely fit, and, to the untrained eye, they ride like kamikazes. They put on dangerous illegal races through the city and they wear punkish clothes.
Messenger culture became increasingly visible through the fashion world adopting their look (c.f. messenger bags) and films like Mash SF and Macaframa, leading to lots of people wanting to emulate the lifestyle - fixed gear riding is becoming the subcultural equivalent of skateboarding in the 80s."
11-23-2010, 09:22 PM
#112
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The other day I was working on my Justy and needed some stuff from the auto parts store. I took the Camaro. When I got out, I saw myself in the reflection of the auto parts store window... I had torn jeans, and a really old jacket from a now defunct airline. Even had my "work glasses" which look a little old fashioned at this point. I saw myself and was like.. "oh ****." Haha..
Last edited by Hollandaze; 11-23-2010 at 09:26 PM.
