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Damn fixie hipsters

ultraNoob

Yoshinoya Destroyer
Jan 20, 2007
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I have this walmart full suspension bike at home that I've been canibalizing for parts to restore church donation bikes. Since the BB is part of the rear triangle, I'm gonna break out my mig welder and lock up the free hub. I'll ride it to the park and leave it next to a tree.

I'll set up with a vid cam near by to watch the hilarity as someone tries to steal the bike.
 

Total Heckler

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Apr 28, 2005
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so why should we give a sh*t when a cvnt like yourself gets injured?
Sorry, guess I have a little bad blood towards them after being hit from behind on my bike and knocked into an intersection by one because he could not stop.

I could have been hit by a car, Thankfully there was a break in traffic at the moment and I didn't. Cars had to stop while I rushed to unclip and pick myself and my bike out of the road.

I wear a helmet, stop at lights and stop signs, etc. It is not a dangerous fashion accessory for me that just so happens to put myself and other people in danger.
 
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Total Heckler

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Apr 28, 2005
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Santa Cruz, CA
Yes. Trendy idiots who predominately ride fixed-gear bikes make my life harder and more hazardous on a daily basis for a number of reasons.
I live in the same town and I think there has now been a couple fixed gear biker deaths because of not being able to stop and generally not following the laws of the road.

One I specifically remember was when one went head on into a FedEx truck because the fixie rider was on the wrong side of the road bombing down a hill. He had no brakes on the bike and wasn't wearing a helmet or anything.
 

jdcamb

Tool Time!
Feb 17, 2002
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I hate them simply because I am hateful. So there! I saw them all over Toronto yesterday. I could have gone through way more red lights if they hadn't been track standing in front of me. Just a heads up to my Canadian friends... If you see a silver Honda civic with NY plates behind you, clear out fast as motor vehicle traffic laws nor common sense apply to me in Canada. It doesn't help that your cops are kind of pussies either....
 

HAB

Chelsea from Seattle
Apr 28, 2007
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I'm talking about my son's room mate who walks his bike to the bus stop, takes the bus downtown, then walks it to Pioneer Square to hang out with his cool bike. My son can actually ride it, but said it's the most ridiculous bike he's ridden.
Isn't that the dude who also buys 2 pairs of every design of nikes ever? In some stupidly small size? Good lord he's an idiot. Your son puts up with him why?
 

I Are Baboon

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Aug 6, 2001
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I don't think I have ever actually seen a fixie hipster. I liken them to the Yeti (not the bikes) and the Sasquatch: I'll believe they exist when I see them.
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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Well there are probably a lot of hipsters from Connecticut but none of them live there. Connecticut isn't ironic enough.
 

zdubyadubya

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Apr 13, 2008
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Firstly, I'm not sure I know how to imbed a youtube into the thread so if someone want to do that, that would be cool. Secondly, I will admit that I hate the image of a hipster as much as the next person and this vid only reiterates that persona, but holy crap this kid can ride a bike, not to mention the fact that its a fixie!


by the way... you might want to turn down your volume, the music is horrible.
 
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TN

Hey baby, want a hot dog?
Jul 9, 2002
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^that music sucked...but cool riding.

There are a couple, out of like a thousand of fixie riders, here that are pretty hard core (riding in the rain & snow) that can really ride. But 99% of are fashion queens.
 

AngryMetalsmith

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Firstly, I'm not sure I know how to imbed a youtube into the thread so if someone want to do that, that would be cool. Secondly, I will admit that I hate the image of a hipster as much as the next person and this vid only reiterates that persona, but holy crap this kid can ride a bike, not to mention the fact that its a fixie!


by the way... you might want to turn down your volume, the music is horrible.
That's kind of sad really. He has a BMX background but appears to be unaware that there is a whole other genre of riding off road. Maybe someone will clue him in to mountain biking, DH and FR.
 

Mani_UT

Monkey
Nov 25, 2001
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The guy I saw had his cute messenger bag, converse all stars, tight pants with one big roll on each leg, and he had one of those roadie wheels that makes the wheel look solid instead of spoked.
Dude you need to ride around the U. It is full of them. Like a bad disease. That and the "doublestacker" bikes. WTF???
 

Demomonkey

Monkey
Apr 27, 2005
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They are taking off here where I live. The guy that runs Red Bull in NZ has a thing for them and is really getting it out there into the mainstream. They have had 'skid comps' and managed to get a TV news crew out there to cover it. A local 'yoof cultcha' magazine ran an article about how cool its was and that all other types of cycling was for lame conformists. I nearly puked.

I live in a central city suburb and all the cool kids have them now. I don't have the heart to tell them they are about 5 years behind cool.

I like the bikes, I don't like the attitude, or at least what is being portrayed in the local media. Elitist bourgeois crap.
 

Zark

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Oct 18, 2001
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They suck.
Working at a bike shop near a university, I get flooded with the little douchebags on a daily basis. Too cheap to buy a complete bike, too stupid to build one from scratch (or even pick a compatable frame) and always wearing the 'uniform'....

So yesterday one came in on a green Mercier with a bad looking front wheel. My coworker is dealing with him and telling him he needs a new wheel. As Aaron rolls the bike past me in the repair bay and I see a huge dent with a crease in the downtube. "Nice dent!" I say and Aaron finally sees the damage. Destroyed! The story is a pedestrian walked in front of him, he swerved to avoid and hit the curb. He didn't/couldn't skid and had no brake. I guess being a slave to fashion generates an expensive learning lesson.
 

daway

Chimp
Apr 15, 2004
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Seattle
Fixies are fun. Try one out before you **** on it. I have an old Schwinn Le Tour that I converted, but I chose to make actually look classy with silver wheels, drop bars, and two brakes ( I like riding it singlespeed sometimes too). No Deep Vs and Ourys here. I also just ride it because I like it, it is a great work out and it is just plain fun. Also, you'll never see me at a skid comp, or riding helmetless weaving through traffic unable to stop.

Yes, hipsters are annoying...but hey at least they are having fun on a bike. Although I have to agree, I don't understand how riding brakeless is now a fashion statement...but honestly that is just about the only gripe I have about the whole "trendiness" of fixed gears.

As for the fad thing, I avoid being lumped in with the douchebag hipsters just by keeping my bike looking as simple as possible. And I don't wear lame clothes. I also am probably one of the biggest guys you'll ever see on a fixie, I work out a lot and am about 5'10" 220 lbs.
 
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BurlyShirley

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Jul 4, 2002
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Fixies are fun. Try one out before you **** on it. Blah blah blab....

As for the fad thing, I avoid being lumped in with the douchebag hipsters just by blah blah blah...
The thing is, nobody really gives two sh*ts about what other people generally like to ride.... it's when a bicycle becomes more of a fashion statement than a mode of transportation that pisses people off. Such superficial "lifestyle expressions" are always laughable, but given the fact that this is a cycling forum, filled with a lot of serious cyclists with a lot knowledge and experience, it shouldn't be surprising they find these fixie homos particularly stupid.
 

moff_quigley

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Jan 27, 2005
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The thing is, nobody really gives two sh*ts about what other people generally like to ride.... it's when a bicycle becomes more of a fashion statement than a mode of transportation that pisses people off. Such superficial "lifestyle expressions" are always laughable, but given the fact that this is a cycling forum, filled with a lot of serious cyclists with a lot knowledge and experience, it shouldn't be surprising they find these fixie homos particularly stupid.
:stupid: Well said. It's not the bike that's the "problem"...
 

grom-dom

Turbo Monkey
Jun 27, 2006
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you guys obviously didn't get the memo, making fun of hipsters on fixed gears is so last month.

anyways, why do you all care so much? does the riding of fixed gears by american apparel clad, waifish hipsters with pubescent mustaches really have any effect on you and your everyday life?
 

Leppah

Turbo Monkey
Mar 12, 2008
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There's a hipster that works at the LBS that i always go to. He bugs the hell out of me just when i look at him. tight pants, one pant leg rolled up with one huge roll, and yellow converse all stars.
 

Westy

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Nov 22, 2002
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Went to a bbq earlier today. Fixie hipster shows up wearing tight black jeans and a button up long sleeve western shirt. It was hotter than balls but the uniform must not be removed.
 

ire

Turbo Monkey
Aug 6, 2007
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last wee on my ride home I saw a hipster without his fixie....he was like a fish out of water
 

killsdeer4fun

Monkey
Jan 25, 2009
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Clemson, SC
Saw one guy downtown with a fixie riding back and fourth with only a front brake and no helmet with iPod in. Saw that accident waiting to happen and about 15 minutes later here he comes again behind a van that stopped and he pulled on his front brake, endoed monetarily, then smashed his face on the road after going over the bars. I was laughing the whole time from the sidewalk on my DH bike.
 

UiUiUiUi

Turbo Monkey
Feb 2, 2003
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The thing is, nobody really gives two sh*ts about what other people generally like to ride.... it's when a bicycle becomes more of a fashion statement than a mode of transportation that pisses people off. Such superficial "lifestyle expressions" are always laughable, but given the fact that this is a cycling forum, filled with a lot of serious cyclists with a lot knowledge and experience, it shouldn't be surprising they find these fixie homos particularly stupid.

i really liked that statement until you used the word homo...

even Brüno does not ride a fixie :D
 

conor

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Jan 19, 2009
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Saw one guy downtown with a fixie riding back and fourth with only a front brake and no helmet with iPod in. Saw that accident waiting to happen and about 15 minutes later here he comes again behind a van that stopped and he pulled on his front brake, endoed monetarily, then smashed his face on the road after going over the bars. I was laughing the whole time from the sidewalk on my DH bike.

so his endo was worth money?
 

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Monkey
i have been amused endlessly by wanna-be-hipsters, you know, the ones that dress like the hipsters but ride a fixie-looking thing with a freewheel.

How can I tell? morons coasting down hills on a bike with only a front brake.
 

eaterofdog

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Sep 8, 2006
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That's a GOOD thing. A much safer setup for inexperienced riders instead of the current arms race to see who can build the most uncomfortable and dangerous bike out of an 80s lugged frame. Fewer dudes with pathetic beards skidding into the side of your car and getting American Spirit cigarettes all over the windshield.
 
Apr 16, 2006
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Golden, CO
you guys obviously didn't get the memo, making fun of hipsters on fixed gears is so last month.

anyways, why do you all care so much? does the riding of fixed gears by american apparel clad, waifish hipsters with pubescent mustaches really have any effect on you and your everyday life?
Yes.

Just got back from a weekend in Brooklyn... so many wanna-be hipsters up there lol. Very fixie looking bike, but obviously has the (beneficial) ability to coast - the hipster mob should hang them for not being "hip" enough to conform... On the flip side I need to get a street/trials bike again (the kind that's actually fun to ride around the city) cause it looks like some killer riding up there in the NYC.
 

Sonic Reducer

Monkey
Mar 19, 2006
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what will be the next hipster transportation trend when fixies are not cool anymore? i vote for rollerskates, the old skool kind. the hardcores will not run stoppers on the front, and they will all rock afros, fanny packs and headbands and stuff. it'll be so unique!
one good thing about the whole fixed gear trend is it got a bunch of cute hipster girls into riding bikes and that is a good thing no matter the reason. Im sure a lot of em never even thought about getting on a bike at all before it was a fashion statement.
 
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AngryMetalsmith

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I just went outside to catch a little fresh air and caught the aftermath of a fixie hipster crash. A few people and a cop were stopped and dude was sitting on the curb. Apparently he hit a car and endo'd.

No brakes, no helmet, now he's sporting a good sized gash on his forehead.

I just don't get the fixed gear and brakeless thing.

Don't you need some monster sized quads to lock one of those things up ? Girl pants dude didn't.