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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Fashion Sticker of the Day

Posted by Dominic Holden on Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:52 PM

Seen on the bike rack outside Café Presse:

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Which demands that old joke: What's the hardest part about rollerblading? Telling your parents that you're gay.

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welcome to 2007

Posted by glad you left the house on January 20, 2009 at 3:53 PM

Fixed gears are the new Darwin Awards.....that keep giving, and giving, and giving.......

Posted by Ballard Man on January 20, 2009 at 3:53 PM

...or French.

The French looooooooooooooove Rollerblades.

Posted by boxofbirds on January 20, 2009 at 3:56 PM

It's interesting that the only people I see rollerblading around Green Lake are very intent 50-ish men going 30 MPH.

Posted by Fnarf on January 20, 2009 at 4:02 PM

remember when hipsters loved bright eyes? then they hated him because everyone liked him. now it's okay to like him again. hipster pleasures just have to spend some time in the wilderness.

i'll keep my stupid bike and wait until this all blows over.

Posted by ibaien on January 20, 2009 at 4:09 PM

hey dominic gurl, saw you on adam4adam - you have any better luck hooking guyz than me? lol

Posted by adam on January 20, 2009 at 4:13 PM

For no particular reason:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9q30Ce2v…

That said, I barely know what a fixed gear bike is, and I don't really get all the joke about them... but I don't care that I don't.

Posted by JC on January 20, 2009 at 4:15 PM

Man saying that fixed gears are the new roller blades is really mean to fruitbooters. Besides I thought all the bike nerds had moved on to sweet bikes.

Posted by meanie on January 20, 2009 at 4:21 PM

shoes are the new fixed gears. and libraries are the new coffeshops. I mean in the Dutch way.

Posted by joints are the new toothpicks on January 20, 2009 at 4:44 PM

We need a fixed-gear equivalent to "Fruit Boots."

Posted by demolator on January 20, 2009 at 4:58 PM

You missed a better bumper sticker ON a bike right near the Triple Door:

"Environmentalist stickers don't mean SHIT if you put them on a car."

Posted by Zelbinian on January 20, 2009 at 5:08 PM

The hardest part about being American? Being surrounded by people who can't even have fun outside without getting an expert opinion on the social status of their wheels/skis/board/skates/whatever :-)

Ride what you like. Folks will get over it eventually...

Posted by sixtyPercentOfNorwegians on January 20, 2009 at 5:22 PM

I always liked this one better. Probably old news to everyone.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/p_d_gibson/…

It sez:

"This Machine kills Hipsters
your track bike is not a fashion accessory"

Posted by grizzly bear on January 20, 2009 at 5:27 PM

I think when Erica told everyone to stop riding fixies and they kept riding them was the day she realized she is old. That happened right after she turned 30, didn't it?

Posted by elenchos on January 20, 2009 at 5:29 PM

Wait -- everyone rides fixies, Elenchos?

Posted by Fnarf on January 20, 2009 at 6:22 PM

Wait... you people ride fixies in Seattle? I can understand them out here in the Midwest (I have to ride all the way across town to find a hill) but in Seattle??

Posted by opticsdoug on January 20, 2009 at 6:32 PM

Yes, Fnarf, that's one literalist way to interpret what I said, and therefore that's precisely what I meant. Obviously. Everyone rides fixies. Everyone. My grandmother too. I said everyone, didn't I? She rides two fixies, in fact. At the same time. My grandmother rides two fixies at once and her little dog, too, rides a fixie.

Seriously. I don't get why anybody cares. I get worked up about skateboarders and urban golfers because they invade your personal space, but what difference does somebody's gear make to me? Long as they don't hit me or blast me with their beats or whatnot.

It's like they stranger supports everyobody who hits you with a nerf ball or runs you over on the sidewalk, but opposes those who are minding their own business. The opposite of my philosophy.

Posted by elenchos on January 20, 2009 at 6:55 PM

Some fixed-gear asshole nearly ran me and other person over at a bus stop. His warning was "Out of the way, I got no breaks! Move!" Well, get some breaks then you fucking swine.

Posted by JMS on January 20, 2009 at 7:12 PM

Definitely brakes should be required, JMS. And there should be no wheels on the sidewalk.

Posted by elenchos on January 20, 2009 at 7:32 PM