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I hate fixies and I hate hipsters

posted 12 years ago by sir-montag
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Actually, maybe fixies are ok. I haven't actually ridden one. It's more the people that ride them...

"No brakes! More awesome that way!"

*Head*
*Desk*

As a cyclist, when I see other cyclists blowing through lights, doing stupid *beep* in traffic, etc, I die a little inside each time. This movie really doesn't help.

I don't want to grow a mountain-man beard. I don't want gauged ears. I have no desire for a tattoo. I hate PBR. I just want to cycle in a world where other cyclists are reasonable people and don't do things solely just because an entire sub-culture thinks it's cool. I'm no safety nanny, but I do my best to avoid anything that would make me an organ donor. Ie, no brakes, cycling like an idiot, etc. At least they wore helmets in this movie...

Are there any other cyclists out there that that had similar *head* *desk* moments throughout the film?

[–] bk907 12 years ago

Amen.
And I'm coming from the streets of Portland. Save me.

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[–] mattc83 11 years ago

Bra, what have you got against shreddin some gnar gnar, hitting up the 7-11, some dank nug and making fun of old people? I too, absolutely cannot stand the culture.

"Back then I thought, 'Well, there'll be other days'. I didn't realize that that was the only day"

[–] mikexx 10 years ago

The reason a delivery guy would ride a fixie isn't because it's a 'performance' bike -- it's *not*.

It's because it's cheap POS they can afford; so you're not out a week's income every time your ride is bashed to pieces. Also, since it looks like utter crap, nobody in their right mind would steal it. (Not sure why the film includes scenes with the locks, aside from the fact that those big skull-breakers are pretty intimidating.)

I'm not sure what the OP's complaint about hipsters stems from, since nobody, IIRC, dresses like one in the movie.

[–] tinoynk 11 years ago

Hipsters get a pretty bad rap, and though a lot of them are pretentious and like horrible music, for the most part they know how to have a good time. And hipster girls are pretty fun and can be pretty easy. I'm a Manhattanite through and through, but once in a while its fun to go out to Bushwick or Williamsburg. Being out there makes me feel like Gordan Gekko or Patrick Bateman, since I actually have a real job and wear Banana Republic and Polo.

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[–] reaseltbim 10 years ago

you make it sound like the hipster girls are nice, which is cool.
But the armpit hair and the body odor from not showering would be a deal breaker for me. I am not superficial but some things are just too much.

One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.

[–] absolutenothing88 10 years ago

hipster ≠ hippy

[–] mikexx 10 years ago

So... don't *you* have a shower?

Take her in it.

[–] reaseltbim 10 years ago

I wash myself down by the river.

bad boys for life

[–] wewatchedamovie1 12 years ago

I'm so over posting on IMDB. (Sips seaweed latte)

[–] miked272001 12 years ago

I agree with the OP. I don't get the attraction to single speed bikes. If you have gear options, why limit them? As I said in another thread, my local bike shop has some NYC bike messengers coming through from time to time. They are the epitome of hipster douchebags. Skintight jeans, old school sneakers, some stupid tight 'vintage' tee shirt, big holes in their ears, and to complete the look, a stupid ass haircut. And of course, their transportation of choice is a single speed fixed gear road bike. After dodging NYC traffic all day on a fixed gear bike sanz brakes, no doubt the urban hipster douchebag refreshes himself with a frosty PBR.

Get busy livin..... or die tryin - Morgan Freeman, "The Shawshank Redemption"

[–] germanii 12 years ago

Single speed is not the same as fixed gear. Single speed bikes are just bikes that only have one gear. BMX, beach cruisers, some cyclocross, mountain and road bikes have single speeds and they all have brakes. The bike used in the movie was a fixed gear bike which does not allow coasting so your legs are always moving on the pedals if the back wheel is spinning. They are hard to ride for any length and extremely difficult to master. That is probably why certain people like the challenge of riding them. I have a single speed cyclocross and I love it because it is light and simple and durable.

I nor anybody else I know dresses like the people you described.

[–] Doc80 11 years ago

The thing with fixed gear bikes as well is that they make you ride correctly, to get the most benefit from riding. I had a fixed gear bike when I was a kid and I loved it.

[–] panik65 11 years ago

"hard to ride for any length and extremely difficult to master"

What? When I grew up ('70s) most kids' bikes were fixed gear bikes with pedal brakes

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[–] germanii 11 years ago

That was not a fixed speed, that was single speed. You are describing a free hub bike with a coaster brake. Most kids bikes are like this. A fixed speed means that there is no ratchet on the rear hub. So you cannot coast at all. If you pedal backwards the bike will go in reverse.

[–] LucasNorth 12 years ago

None of the bike messengers I know look like that. Even if they did, how do you know their not good people?

I have no problem with a single speed bike. As long as I can fit it with brakes.

[–] ameliaheartsu-1 12 years ago

There are plenty of reasons to prefer a single speed (not a fixie) over a geared bike. I live in a hilly city and if you are in good shape or have been riding for a while it's common that you keep your bike in high gear even biking up hill. You can lose some weight from the bike and some bulk by riding single gear, and still have the option of coasting.
Some fixed riders do chose to have a safety break, the smart ones. Also you can equip a fixed gear with a flipflop hub that so you can easily convert to a single gear by turning the back wheel around.

[–] fliphop 12 years ago

" Skintight jeans, old school sneakers, some stupid tight 'vintage' tee shirt, big holes in their ears, and to complete the look, a stupid ass haircut."

im glad you don't judge them by their appearance

[–] vuklazic 11 years ago

*beep* them.
they are the scourge of the cities.
new age pointless humans.
while others are trying to survive in these harsh times, those bastards talk about unimportant things and act cool.
zombies are more productive than them.

[–] NapoleonBender 11 years ago

Are you a complete retard? Hipsters talk about unimportant things? This is America jackass. The average American talks about American Idle, Dancing With the Stars and Jersey Shore so shut the hell up. Hipsters may be annoying and pretentious but that's an apt description of 95%+ of the population.

[–] jedajuz 11 years ago

what does is matter for you what other people do and how they look? its non of your business you *beep* dumbass. better look out for you life instead.

[–] doingrewards 11 years ago

Single speed is the best. Oh and all those hipsters think your a modern day douchebag that conforms to fashion and society because your weak brain doesn't see any other importance in life.

[–] UNTRugby 11 years ago

I like single speed bikes much better because I have really strong legs and I cant stand the high speed and low resistance of the lower gears

[–] josh_greaves 11 years ago

Get busy livin..... or get busy dyin - Andy DuFresne, played by Tim Robbins, "The Shawshank Redemption"

[–] justinrodriguez58 11 years ago

What does a clothing preference have to do with the term hipster? Nothing. Hipsters are people that think they're better than others because they catch wind of things that make them feel important and showcase it as a way to pull rank on originality...So far, you're the hipster. Gauges and the body mod culture have been around since ancient times, and I doubt they are going away any time soon. Other people's actions shouldn't have such a stronghold over your perception, that's what makes an arrogant hipster..

[–] miked272001 11 years ago

Hipsters all dress the same, therefore clothing has a lot to do with the hipster persona. Just go to Brooklyn and see if you can't spot a hipster by the way they dress.

Get busy livin..... or die tryin - Morgan Freeman, "The Shawshank Redemption"

[–] blktoptrvl 10 years ago

Shame if you feel the need to hate someone because they are living a life you don't understand or approve of.

Their choice of dress, style, or equipment makes them douchebags?

[–] AngstromStrongbeard 12 years ago

Portlandia reference = win

[–] s_c47 12 years ago

Most of my *head* *desk* moments were throughout the whole film. I understand that this is set in the world of bike messenging, but I am worried it will give younger kids the idea that it is cool to float through traffic, ride the wrong way in the middle of the lane, and run red lights.

And if it does, I guess that's just Darwin in action. I don't want anyone crying for me if I die on my bike.

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//commuter, mt biker, roadie
///rides in traffic AND obeys all traffic laws

Para tiempo means nada nunca.

[–] pjpoconnell 12 years ago

What's with the "hipster" hate on so many of these boards? Do people even know what the term means? It's a term mainly used in NYC to refer to the type of people that used to be called "yuppies"--young urban professionals, mostly liberal elitists obsessed with fitness and the environment and gentrifying neighborhoods. Many ride bikes; many do not. Few are bike messengers.

[–] es04 12 years ago

evidently it is YOU who doesnt know what "hipster" entails.

[–] BaiNst 12 years ago

Right? Starting from "primarily NYC" and just gets worse from there.

[–] horton-2 11 years ago

Wow. You really don't know what a hipster is... in fact you're comnpletely off.

[–] toolvixen420 10 years ago

Well, since you are so informed on who is & is not a hipster, please enlighten the rest of us with your definition...(which I'm sure was handed down by God himself)!
Wanker...

[–] taka_69 11 years ago

Don't worry that much.

[–] GuyOnTheLeft 11 years ago

Yeah it is a little irresponsible of the filmmakers.

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[–] jillykyuu 12 years ago

but the main character doesn't look anything like the kind of person you are vehemently describing. he's actually pretty clean, no tats to show off, no neck beard, generic red shirt and baggy shorts. the main girl also looks really clean. there was also no huge advertisements of PBR anywhere in the film. plus he's pretty much forced to bike even more like a moron because of the one crooked cop who was also driving like a moron to further put jgl's character in danger. jgl's character was just trying to do his job until some *beep* just made it really difficult for him and force him to do so many illegals.

[–] sir-montag 12 years ago

details sir, details.

[–] jritty 12 years ago

exactly.

[–] davejimenez 12 years ago

You are so much better than they are. Obviously.

[–] sir-montag 12 years ago

Obviously.

[–] deadbunny28 12 years ago

stfu...

[–] jillykyuu 12 years ago

he prob rides flatland roadie and overpass 5% grade levels are so hard lul

[–] moviesleuth2 12 years ago

I don't want to grow a mountain-man beard. I don't want gauged ears. I have no desire for a tattoo. I hate PBR. I just want to cycle in a world where other cyclists are reasonable people and don't do things solely just because an entire sub-culture thinks it's cool.

THANK YOU! Those people are SO ANNOYING! Oh yes, I live my life ironically to counteract the mundane experience of conventional society. I hate being mainstream because mainstream goes against my personal philosophy. Wes Anderson's movies are groudbreaking and innovative and they speak to my existence in ways that mainstream movies don't even try. Michael Bay is a symbol of the intellectual descent of the masses. And I choose to tell people the reality of everything because they shouldn't live in a fantasy world.\

NO ONE CARES!

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[–] ameliaheartsu-1 12 years ago

Michael Bay is a symbol of the intellectual descent of the masses.
I'm pretty sure this is true...

[–] ecaftnucuoykcuf 12 years ago

What the heck do tattoos have to do with being a hipster? What does "blowing through lights" and "doing stupid *beep* in traffic" have to do with being a hipster? I'm fairly certain you have no idea what this term means.

[–] badmofo6662004 12 years ago

WTF is a hipster? I've been hearing this term a lot lately. From the descriptions I keep reading, it seems the term is synonymous with low income white people. Why's everybody hating on poor white people?

[–] sir-montag 12 years ago

Hipsters may dress like poor people, but they are rarely poor.

This should give you a pretty accurate overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(contemporary_subculture)

[–] doingrewards 11 years ago

A hipster is someone who don't follow mainstream sheep media, attire, or beliefs. They think independently and ignore acceptance of sheep. This makes sheep mad and they call them a mainstream name like hipster because they have no mind of their own. Also this movie doesn't portray a hipster. It's about a dude who is to young to conform to society because society sucks and he doesn't want to become a sheep like the topic starter who doesn't understand why they don't portray his life because it's boring and wouldn't sell. They are also afraid when a movie isn't exactly like all other movies but instead look for reasons why they hate a bike rider even though they decide to watch a movie about it.

[–] TerrorDementia 11 years ago

A hipster is someone who is a sheep in their own regard, but just a more judgmental sheep.

Hipster A: Ha ha, look at the idiots all acting the same.

Hipster B: Yeah, they are sheep, man. Now let's act like every other hipster, because we love irony, and don't understand how ironic it is that we are acting exactly like sheep, too.

[–] Carlito_Negro 11 years ago

Ha ha! So basically it amounts to "I don't want to be a sheep so I'm going to dress and act like these douche bags."