Need Info on Fixies for Story
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mrspope at 09.14.07 - 8:27 pm
Hey all- I'm new to the board (and looking to start riding with you all soon when I'm not busy w/ roller derby). Anyways, I'm writing a information piece on fixed gear bikes/riders for my friends zine, and I want a few different people to talk to for an story I am penning. I would love all feedback, so this can be a new or experienced rider. We can do this over email/phone/in person (I'm in Rosemead), whathave you. I'm flexible, but it needs to be early next week. Please email me at nicole@killshaman.com.
Cheers- Nicole
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dead and gone-! I'll see about a story on the riding community at large...thx!
mrspope09.14.07 - 9:54 pm
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FUCK! Anybody want to buy a couple of track bikes for cheap?
PC09.15.07 - 2:51 am
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how much and how big?
After seeing almost everyone using those up in (why do I not stop talking about/referring to) PDX, that good 'ole inferiority complex has come into play.
bentstrider09.15.07 - 3:11 am
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So....basically that article is saying that the only reason you should ever do ANYTHING is:
1) If it's a completely original idea, it'd be trite to copy a good idea from someone else, no matter how practical it may be.
2) If you were an early adopter of said idea. After a while they run out of membership cards, and if you're not a card carrier--well, you lack all credibility.
Other observations:
1) The more people who participate in the same activity (in this case it's riding a fixed gear bicycle or single speed), the less "cool" said activity is. Here there is a negative correlation between the number of participants, and the "cool" factor. I don't know....I'm not sold, I'd have to speak with this guy to make sure he got a truly random sample.
2) The author of this article is better than the rest of us, because he has a blog on the internet.
kyber09.15.07 - 6:27 am
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Marino, were going to fix you up on a fixie.
Joe Borfo09.15.07 - 11:34 am
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Marino don't make it more difficult for me! I'm having a hard enough time figuring out who the hipsters are as it is!
User109.17.07 - 3:06 pm
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If anybody posts that Cat and Girl comic right now, I will kick that person in the nuts.
PC09.17.07 - 3:11 pm
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Hipster: The people we'll be buying dirt cheap fixies from in about another 6 months...
Samhain09.17.07 - 6:51 pm
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Kyber, according to that, I've been a hipster for years, I've been a "reefer" smoking pothead jazz fan for years....
damn, I thought my lack of jaunty hat was keeping me from being "hip"...
damn you kids, get off ma lawn!
FuzzBeast09.17.07 - 10:47 pm
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One gear = Cool
Pushing on your crank = Awesome
Thus if you ride a fixie you use your Awesome to push yourself around with your Cool. There is also a lot to do with Stun Guns and bad knees...
Awesome + Cool = Rad
Fader Freak09.18.07 - 9:45 am
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All you need to know is Cyclocross Bikes are the new fixies, Funderstorm is the new Japanther, black is the new black, regional magazines are the new television news, and I am the new Jesus... Kill me now...
franz09.18.07 - 11:24 pm
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whats a hipster?........ LOL...READ ON:
Definition of a Hipster:
Hipster - One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool. (Note: it is no longer recommended that one use the term "cool"; a Hipster would instead say "deck.") The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns or reduces to kitsch anything held dear by the mainstream. A Hipster ideally possesses no more than 2% body fat.<-------LOL.
eddieboyinla10.30.07 - 3:58 am
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Thanks, I needed a good laugh like that. That video is hilarious
sexy10.30.07 - 8:46 am
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funderstorm is the new japanther?
now i wish i didn't get all stoned and paranoid and leave early.
japanther is super neato.
lackflag10.30.07 - 8:59 am
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