What do you consider a Hipster?

Gilly · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:05

Fixie?

Camarilla · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:07

Fixed gear bike.

Cosimo · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:07

Gilly said:
Fixie?

A bicycle with one gear.

Evilsod · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:10

N19h7m4r3 said:
While waiting I checked some emails on the phone and that's when I suddenly got accused of being a Hipster by some person next to me in the line.

Aside from the fact I'd never even heard the term 'Hipster' before today...

...who the hell accuses someone of being a hipster while stood in line at a Starbucks? :confused:

Gilly · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:19

simulatorman said:
A bicycle with one gear.

BMX?

Camarilla · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:22

Gilly said:
BMX?

No, more like the kind of bike a toddler rides, but scaled up

Like this:

Things change I've changed · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:30

I've seen a few bikes like that down here but how do you brake on those things?, am I missing something?

Cosimo · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:32

Gilly said:
BMX?

Nope, fag powered:

Camarilla · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:33

lowrider007 said:
I've seen a few bikes like that down here but how do you brake on those things?, am I missing something?

By hitting the van in front

Honestly, I've no clue. Using your feet, maybe?

Gilly · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:33

I don't even...

Bunka · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:34

lowrider007 said:
I've seen a few bikes like that down here but how do you brake on those things?, am I missing something?

Since the gear is fixed, you basically push back against the pedals to slow down. If you took your feet out the pedals, the cranks would spin with the wheel, so you basically try and resist that force. No gears, no brakes.

N19h7m4r3 · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:36

Bunka said:
Since the gear is fixed, you basically push back against the pedals to slow down. If you took your feet out the pedals, the cranks would spin with the wheel, so you basically try and resist that force. No gears, no brakes.

That sounds so stupid!

What if you're going down hill fast and those buggers spin really really fast?

You'd crease yourself trying to put your feet back on the pedals and trying to stop.

Things change I've changed · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:36

yeah sounds very dangerous to me, surprised they are even legal.

Feek · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:37

Ahh, like the bike I had when I was three and a half. Backpedal to stop. It was done that way to be easy for the kids.

aaron · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:38

Noticed chavs are now trying to be hipsters when one came in my shop other day wearing 3d glasses with there frames removed...*******!!!

N19h7m4r3 · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:39

aaron said:
Noticed chavs are now trying to be hipsters when one came in my shop other day wearing 3d glasses with there frames removed...*******!!!

Wait....the frames removed....

So he had the lenses tapes over his eyes? :confused:

wordy · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:39

At 34 should I know what the hell you are talking about? Because I don't and feel old.

Gilly · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:39

aaron said:
Noticed chavs are now trying to be hipsters when one came in my shop other day wearing 3d glasses with there frames removed...*******!!!

:/

Morgoth · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:41

You can put your foot on the back wheel to slow down.

Bunka · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:42

aaron said:
Noticed chavs are now trying to be hipsters when one came in my shop other day wearing 3d glasses with there frames removed...*******!!!

You mean lenses removed...right? Unless he had a piece of green and red plastic stuck to each eye?