Walmart now selling fixed gear bikes
Link: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=13398142#ProductDetail Fixed gear bikes are often associated with hipster / alt subculture. I think this is because they are mildly...
View ArticleMinneapolis named #1 bike-friendly city, beats Austin & Portland
Link: http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s1-3-583-21901-1,00.html Link 2: http://www.examiner.com/x-9572-Minneapolis-City-Hall-Examiner~y2010m4d7-Minneapolis-is-Americas-1-bike-city Minneapolis...
View ArticleSome magazine puts an ‘effing fixie riding hipster’ on the cover 2 sell copies
Link: http://www.pw.org/content/julyaugust_2010_0 Link: http://www.latfh.com/post/803519191/as-a-fixie-poet-im-against-two-things-bike Look at that effing hipster riding his fixed gear bike chillin...
View ArticleNYTimes writes sexist trend piece abt how women are ‘finally learning how 2...
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/fashion/30BICYCLE.html They say that riding a bike is one of the easiest things 2 do in the world since u learn how to do it when ur young, then u sorta never...
View ArticleMainstream teen heart throb Zac Efron 'tries 2 be alt', rides a fixed gear bike
Link: http://www.splashnewsonline.com/2011-02-24/zac-efron-is-one-hunky-hipster/ From what I understand, 'fixed gear bicycles' are 'the official bicycles of hipster alts.' I guess for alts who can't...
View ArticleGRAPHIC VIDEO: Unchill Bro with road rage plows his car over a pack of...
</embed>At about the 50 second mark of this video, you witness a car plowing thru a pack of bikers. Not dudes on motorcycles, but a gang of fun loving bicyclists who are part of a global group...
View ArticleShould I buy a fixed gear bike?
Photo via HiStyley Yall. I saw this bike, and wondered if it was a fixed gear, or 'just a cruiser.' Have yall heard of fixed-gear bikes? Does n e1 know how they work, and why people buy them? Feel...
View ArticlePBR Fixed Gear Bike seems like it would fit in with my personal brand.
</embed>As yall know, I am a huge fan of the alternative alcoholic beverage Pabst Blue Ribbon, and instead of owning a car, I own a 'fixie' a.k.a. fixed gear bike. I need more brand+product...
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