Hipsters fucking love the hurdy-gurdy

[Doktor Howl]

Nigel is original in her weirdness.

She's not a hipster.

[Triple Zero]

Why would someone purposefully get fixed geared bikes?

I always ride fixed gear bikes because without gears, that's just one less part to break, rust, or be crappy. But then, NL being so flat as it is, you can get around with fixed gears without much problems anyway

Also, I don't like those cables that go to the handles to switch the gears or brake. Those things always break and rust.

This is the kind of bike I always get:


(btw also notice the cows and fields and incredible flatness of the landscape, I just need to bike 15 minutes in any single direction to get out of the city and into a landscape like that )

It's called an "omafiets", grandmother bike. Yes it looks very retro and all that, and now that I think of it, it could be they are more readily available as new because of their retro popularity, but really for most people the big reason to get them is because they are very simple and very sturdy. And the Dutch do indeed have a cultural preference for "no-frills" designs

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

See now, I'm not worried... I'm engaged, interested, and amused by the whole thing, and I think it's well worth tearing apart a little.

That bike, by the way, is rad.

[Triple Zero]

Fixed gear bikes don't have brakes?  

No freewheel either: so your legs are moving at all times that the wheel is moving.

Not mine. Of course it can freewheel, otherwise I'd mangle my feet if I was going really fast. And you brake by pedaling backwards, which activates the brake thing (I'm horribly lacking in knowledge of mechanics, so I dunno how that works, but it does. Hence I prefer the simpler bike for easier fixing) (not true--I bring it to the bike shop, because otherwise I know it'll be weeks before I fix it and I start walking everywhere)

[Don Coyote]

Why would someone purposefully get fixed geared bikes?

I always ride fixed gear bikes because without gears, that's just one less part to break, rust, or be crappy. But then, NL being so flat as it is, you can get around with fixed gears without much problems anyway

Also, I don't like those cables that go to the handles to switch the gears or brake. Those things always break and rust.

This is the kind of bike I always get:


(btw also notice the cows and fields and incredible flatness of the landscape, I just need to bike 15 minutes in any single direction to get out of the city and into a landscape like that )

It's called an "omafiets", grandmother bike. Yes it looks very retro and all that, and now that I think of it, it could be they are more readily available as new because of their retro popularity, but really for most people the big reason to get them is because they are very simple and very sturdy. And the Dutch do indeed have a cultural preference for "no-frills" designs

I would take one of those and add more gears. And real brakes.

I've had a derailer fail on me once. The part I have had fail the most on any bike I have ever owned, aside from inner tubes, were the cones in the front and rear axles. Rust isn't really an issue.

[Doktor Howl]

This is the kind of bike I always get:

Yes, but you're from Europe and don't know any better.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Fixed gear bikes don't have brakes?  

No freewheel either: so your legs are moving at all times that the wheel is moving.

Not mine. Of course it can freewheel, otherwise I'd mangle my feet if I was going really fast. And you brake by pedaling backwards, which activates the brake thing (I'm horribly lacking in knowledge of mechanics, so I dunno how that works, but it does. Hence I prefer the simpler bike for easier fixing) (not true--I bring it to the bike shop, because otherwise I know it'll be weeks before I fix it and I start walking everywhere)

That kind of bike is a "Single speed freewheel". "Fixed gear" refers specifically to single-speed bikes without freewheel... in the UK they're called "fixed wheel". Hand brakes are now mandatory on them in Portland.

[Doktor Howl]

Fixed gear bikes don't have brakes?  

No freewheel either: so your legs are moving at all times that the wheel is moving.

Not mine. Of course it can freewheel, otherwise I'd mangle my feet if I was going really fast. And you brake by pedaling backwards, which activates the brake thing (I'm horribly lacking in knowledge of mechanics, so I dunno how that works, but it does. Hence I prefer the simpler bike for easier fixing) (not true--I bring it to the bike shop, because otherwise I know it'll be weeks before I fix it and I start walking everywhere)

That kind of bike is a "Single speed freewheel". "Fixed gear" refers specifically to single-speed bikes without freewheel... in the UK they're called "fixed wheel". Hand brakes are now mandatory on them in Portland.

I was gonna say, that seems a little Darwinish.

[Suu]

...I BOUGHT ARGYLE SWEATER TODAY. I AM HIPSTER NAO?

[East Coast Hustle]

depends, is it 2 sizes too small?

[Suu]

depends, is it 2 sizes too small?

...It's of a fitted female cut, but I can close it when I wear it without significant gaps in the buttons.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Fixed gear bikes don't have brakes?  

No freewheel either: so your legs are moving at all times that the wheel is moving.

Not mine. Of course it can freewheel, otherwise I'd mangle my feet if I was going really fast. And you brake by pedaling backwards, which activates the brake thing (I'm horribly lacking in knowledge of mechanics, so I dunno how that works, but it does. Hence I prefer the simpler bike for easier fixing) (not true--I bring it to the bike shop, because otherwise I know it'll be weeks before I fix it and I start walking everywhere)

That kind of bike is a "Single speed freewheel". "Fixed gear" refers specifically to single-speed bikes without freewheel... in the UK they're called "fixed wheel". Hand brakes are now mandatory on them in Portland.

I was gonna say, that seems a little Darwinish.

Fuck yeah! Especially in a town with a lot of hills.

[ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞]

Fixed gear bikes don't have brakes?   

No freewheel either: so your legs are moving at all times that the wheel is moving.

Not mine. Of course it can freewheel, otherwise I'd mangle my feet if I was going really fast. And you brake by pedaling backwards, which activates the brake thing (I'm horribly lacking in knowledge of mechanics, so I dunno how that works, but it does. Hence I prefer the simpler bike for easier fixing) (not true--I bring it to the bike shop, because otherwise I know it'll be weeks before I fix it and I start walking everywhere)

That's a coaster brake. And yeah, I dig the scatgranny bike. I'd ride it.

I fixed up donated bikes and rode a 24" BMX for a while, so I appreciate simplicity.

But at some point simplicity just becomes stupidity.

[Triple Zero]

I dig the scatgranny bike. I'd ride it.

embiggened for extra out of context-ness!!




and non-freewheeling bikes sound like the most retarded thing ever, no matter how many gears they don't have.


IM SO HIPSTER, THOUGH MY BIKE HAS GEARS, I ONLY SWITCH THEM IRONICALLY.

[LMNO]

I'm pretty sure I'm a hipster.

-thick frame glasses.

-each ear has two earrings.

-MOUSTACHE.

-plays in indie rock band.

-pretentious music fuck.

-spent majority of trust fund getting drunk.