You might be a hipster....

[Boeing]

As long as they're not prescription (with that in mind it seems that 75% of hipsters have poor vision)

@ Boeing, you certainly don't sound like a hipster. That fact that you know what Campy is proves it (among other things I'm sure)

I sold a campy headset to a hipster for $150 on craigs does that count?

 

[mad black]

If you're pushing your rig downhill because you have no idea how to stop the damn thing.

If you replace at least one tyre per month and think that's normal.

 

[Eric8-A]

We you begin to be aware and care of all the problems in the world even if you yourself don't understand it for crap.


When you ruin a perfectly good bike and ruin it by adding what all hipster thinks are badass rims aerospokes. painting over it. I've seen Focus, Trek, Bianchi and Giant frames ruined by these people taking out the good stuff and making it retro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn29DvMITu4

 

[nvpacchi]

Have to disagree with this one I'm afraid. As I former racer (25 years ago), now 51, still ride hard but man, after years of mtn biking and no road racing, the spin was more like a rounded square. Bought a surly steamroller (48x16 fixie) just for commuting to work and now I'm hooked. Fun as hell to ride, and I haven't been this smooth on a bike in ages. I DO have the cyclo-cross style brake levers on it though, and damn glad for it.

Wear lycra when I ride it though, so get ZERO points from the hipsters, and ZERO from the road racers for the bike. A guy can't win.

No problem with that- hell Cunego trained on a fixed gear for awhile (not that it did him any good ) so it is acceptable.

Plus I'm sure you don't deck out your Surly with a cheap a$$ assortment of lime green rims, chain, handlebars, and $5 plastic sunglasses

I sold a campy headset to a hipster for $150 on craigs does that count?

you should work for this guy:

 

[RedheadDane]

1) if you ride a fixed gear (obviously), who would ever want or need to change gears

2) if you color coordinate everything on your bike from the rims down to the chain

3) if you opt for thick rimmed glasses instead of Oakley or Briko eyewear
4) if you wear women's jeans (as a man) and roll up both pant legs right above the calf bulge

5) if you insist your bike must be retro, anything frame after 1990 is most definitely off limits, and of course vintage parts is also a must

6) if you scoff at people with breaks on their bikes, because gunning through red lights, narrowly missing traffic in the process, is so much cooler than obeying traffic rules like we are supposed to

7) if you use your spd cleats as a beer bottle opener

8) if you don't need to use your spd cleats as a beer bottle opener, because all you drink is canned PBR

Well... my glasses aren't thick rimmed but everyone would prefer that I used them rather than any form of special cycling eyewear...

 

[Eric8-A]

If you cut your pants to make them look like shorts.

 

[ustabe]

Bought a surly steamroller (48x16 fixie) just for commuting to work and now I'm hooked. Fun as hell to ride, and I haven't been this smooth on a bike in ages. I DO have the cyclo-cross style brake levers on it though, and damn glad for it.

Wear lycra when I ride it though, so get ZERO points from the hipsters, and ZERO from the road racers for the bike. A guy can't win.

Back in the day many road racers logged some fixed-gear miles here and there. I still do, too, with a courier bag if I'm going to work or running errands.

The hipsters dig my bike but without the Look pedals.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

http://www.cyclechic.be/ I take back what I said, we do have hipsters in Belgium

 

[Archibald]

If you have ever ridden past the duke of york's pub in clerkenwell road on a friday evening and pulled a skid to try and impress anyone

LOL!!!
used to ride past there on my daily commute, but mine's a converted singlespeed, so I just kept my head down and cruised by...

 

[Trevor FCR]

Since Hipsters try to swizzle their ways into all types of Cultures, it's best to look for ways to showcase your disdain for Hipsters and to indicate that you are, in fact, not a Hipster. I thought being 32 years old was enough, but some suggests that I could look younger.

Any suggestions??

 

[Granville57]

I thought being 32 years old was enough, but some suggests that I could look younger.

Any suggestions??

Easy. Next time you're in a convenience store , especially if you're buying only one Monster energy drink...pay with cash instead of a debit card.
Dead giveaway.

 

[Trevor FCR]

I don't use energy drinks. And no one can hear that I'm listening to Opera on my ipod while riding my bike. I order wine at the bar (I don't drink anything otherwise, and certainly wouldn't stoop to Pabst). It's hard, but I'm not giving up my commuter (track) bike just to subtract myself from the "possible hipster" category.

 

[knewcleardaze]

Something wrong with Pabst?
You are aware it IS a blue ribbon winner, yes?

 

[Trevor FCR]

Something wrong with Pabst?
You are aware it IS a blue ribbon winner, yes?

Does anyone wanna answer this?

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

http://www.cyclechic.be/ I take back what I said, we do have hipsters in Belgium

Of course, ever been in Antwerp?

But don't worry, they're cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzocvh60xBU

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Of course, ever been in Antwerp?

But don't worry, they're cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzocvh60xBU

A few times, but not the last 3 years so I don't recall it
They're quite a lot of them in Gent too I noticed a couple of weeks ago :s

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

True, when you wear scarves at 20°C, you have to be a hipster...
But i'm sure in a couple of decades they will reach the far Kortrijk too

 

[Michielveedeebee]

True, when you wear scarves at 20°C, you have to be a hipster...
But i'm sure in a couple of decades they will reach the far Kortrijk too

But we shall defend beautiful Kortrijk!

we shall fight on the seas and oceans,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our City, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender

 

[Chuffy]

I hated hipsters before it became fashionable.

 

[For The World]

I will thank hipsters for one thing - their loose cash has caused manufacturers to build some nice track frames for me to ride at the track. I do enjoy riding my Bianchi Super Pista to the velodrome, training & racing, and then riding back home.

 

[Marva32]

Does anyone wanna answer this?

Quote:
Originally Posted by knewcleardaze View Post
Something wrong with Pabst?
You are aware it IS a blue ribbon winner, yes?
Does anyone wanna answer this?

(sorry, couldn't get them all to quote)

Brings back many painful college memories, and hungover morning training rides. To make matters worse, I was in St. Louis at the time.

 

[Boeing]

I will thank hipsters for one thing - their loose cash has caused manufacturers to build some nice track frames for me to ride at the track. I do enjoy riding my Bianchi Super Pista to the velodrome, training & racing, and then riding back home.

I have been looking at the Super Pista and the Look 464

great point

In addition they bring attention back to simple geometry and traditional steel bikes.

 

[Black-Balled]

Repost?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBgJ64uZLaM

 

[BroDeal]

If you ride a fixed gear with no brakes and get killed by a fire truck because you cannot stop then you might be a hipster doofus.

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/bicyclist-hit-killed-emergency-vehicle/nFMCY/

 

[Boeing]

I broke a rib riding a fixie I built August 2010. I just brainfarted and forgot it was fixed and couldnt stop in time. Strapped in as I tried to lighten the rear end and back pedal one foot came out and I was doing the stomp with the other and went a$$ over tea kettle into the bush and landed ribs on a rock.

Yes I am or was a tool but sans girl pants fyi no helmet either btw so kind lucky

Dont ride it but it's still hanging in the garage along with all the other bikes I dont dust and polish but never ride