Comments on: The Sad Saga Of Fixie Hipster Dood http://www.wildbell.com/2008/12/10/the-sad-saga-of-fixie-hipster-dood/ sic • \’sik\ adverb [Latin] (circa 1859): intentionally so written — used after a printed word or passage to indicate that it is exactly as printed or to indicate that it exactly reproduces an original (Ex. Tom said he seed [sic] it all). Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:03:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fakenger Hipster Rant #2 « The War of Cycling http://www.wildbell.com/2008/12/10/the-sad-saga-of-fixie-hipster-dood/comment-page-1/#comment-50991 Fakenger Hipster Rant #2 « The War of Cycling Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:01:43 +0000 http://www.wildbell.com/?p=3153#comment-50991 [...] rest of the vehicles on the road (we arent pedestrians, we are cyclists) and dart through traffic, youll understand why i am praying for a bus to hit you. Then when i pass you again before the next light, silently, youll understand why I have to resist [...] [...] rest of the vehicles on the road (we arent pedestrians, we are cyclists) and dart through traffic, youll understand why i am praying for a bus to hit you. Then when i pass you again before the next light, silently, youll understand why I have to resist [...]

]]> By: padster http://www.wildbell.com/2008/12/10/the-sad-saga-of-fixie-hipster-dood/comment-page-1/#comment-42993 padster Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:56:25 +0000 http://www.wildbell.com/?p=3153#comment-42993 Thanks for that story. Made my morning. I'm: a) glad to see that someone else finds the way fixie riders behave (anti-social fashion-victims) infuriating b) glad to hear that one got taught a lesson, and got his stupid little toy broken. Maybe he'll wake up a get a proper bike. I'm sooo full of bitterness and hatred, ha ha! Thanks for that story. Made my morning. I’m:

a) glad to see that someone else finds the way fixie riders behave (anti-social fashion-victims) infuriating

b) glad to hear that one got taught a lesson, and got his stupid little toy broken. Maybe he’ll wake up a get a proper bike.

I’m sooo full of bitterness and hatred, ha ha!

]]> By: Gary K. http://www.wildbell.com/2008/12/10/the-sad-saga-of-fixie-hipster-dood/comment-page-1/#comment-42794 Gary K. Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:15:43 +0000 http://www.wildbell.com/?p=3153#comment-42794 Sigh. Of course something like this is going to happen with riding like that. Sigh. Of course something like this is going to happen with riding like that.

]]> By: My next post, in which I continue from the last post « BikingInLA http://www.wildbell.com/2008/12/10/the-sad-saga-of-fixie-hipster-dood/comment-page-1/#comment-42763 My next post, in which I continue from the last post « BikingInLA Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:53:16 +0000 http://www.wildbell.com/?p=3153#comment-42763 [...] links to the links for this weekend’s Toy Ride and Holiday Beer Ride. Will witnesses the intersection of hipster biker and bus. Guess which one lost? And Illuminate LA provides another perspective on the bike licensing [...] [...] links to the links for this weekend’s Toy Ride and Holiday Beer Ride. Will witnesses the intersection of hipster biker and bus. Guess which one lost? And Illuminate LA provides another perspective on the bike licensing [...]

]]> By: philpalm http://www.wildbell.com/2008/12/10/the-sad-saga-of-fixie-hipster-dood/comment-page-1/#comment-42758 philpalm Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:03:28 +0000 http://www.wildbell.com/?p=3153#comment-42758 I remember riding at 3:00 in the morning where I saw a car coming towards me. I hurried and made a right and the guy followed and rear ended me. I did a poor roll that my judo teacher would have berated me. But I quickly jumped to the right after landing because I figured the guy was nuts. Unbelievably he stopped, then rode around my bike and left the scene. WTF? I had to go to the hospital to treat a broken finger but pray to God I don't run into another Mad driver... I remember riding at 3:00 in the morning where I saw a car coming towards me. I hurried and made a right and the guy followed and rear ended me.

I did a poor roll that my judo teacher would have berated me. But I quickly jumped to the right after landing because I figured the guy was nuts. Unbelievably he stopped, then rode around my bike and left the scene. WTF? I had to go to the hospital to treat a broken finger but pray to God I don’t run into another Mad driver…

]]> By: militant angeleno http://www.wildbell.com/2008/12/10/the-sad-saga-of-fixie-hipster-dood/comment-page-1/#comment-42748 militant angeleno Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:36:49 +0000 http://www.wildbell.com/?p=3153#comment-42748 Hipsters on fixies - ESPECIALLY the ones that ride brakeless - deserve the Darwin treatment. Heh heh. Hipsters on fixies – ESPECIALLY the ones that ride brakeless – deserve the Darwin treatment. Heh heh.

]]> By: Will Campbell http://www.wildbell.com/2008/12/10/the-sad-saga-of-fixie-hipster-dood/comment-page-1/#comment-42730 Will Campbell Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:23:54 +0000 http://www.wildbell.com/?p=3153#comment-42730 Yeah Timur, I'm very happy that physically he emereged unharmed. He certainly came very close to clonking his head against the asphalt, but thankfully managed to avoid that mess. Interesting you should ask Bikinginla, as I just this morning I relocated the tree behind me atop a bolt on rack I haven't been using -- but not because of wind resistance issues. Any percentage increase of drag added to that already caused by my aging linebacker-esque silhouette would be negligible at best. Instead the move came because at night the glare of LED lights I have strung on the tree proved to negatively impact my vision. Yeah Timur, I’m very happy that physically he emereged unharmed. He certainly came very close to clonking his head against the asphalt, but thankfully managed to avoid that mess.

Interesting you should ask Bikinginla, as I just this morning I relocated the tree behind me atop a bolt on rack I haven’t been using — but not because of wind resistance issues. Any percentage increase of drag added to that already caused by my aging linebacker-esque silhouette would be negligible at best.

Instead the move came because at night the glare of LED lights I have strung on the tree proved to negatively impact my vision.

]]> By: bikinginla http://www.wildbell.com/2008/12/10/the-sad-saga-of-fixie-hipster-dood/comment-page-1/#comment-42729 bikinginla Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:20:20 +0000 http://www.wildbell.com/?p=3153#comment-42729 Man, I'd like to say "unbelievable", but, having seen the way some people ride, it's all too believable. And doesn't that tree cause a few wind-resistance issues? Man, I’d like to say “unbelievable”, but, having seen the way some people ride, it’s all too believable.

And doesn’t that tree cause a few wind-resistance issues?

]]> By: timur http://www.wildbell.com/2008/12/10/the-sad-saga-of-fixie-hipster-dood/comment-page-1/#comment-42728 timur Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:00:18 +0000 http://www.wildbell.com/?p=3153#comment-42728 What a story. Sorry you didn't have your camera, and I'm glad to hear he's OK, but I almost spit out my cereal. What a story. Sorry you didn’t have your camera, and I’m glad to hear he’s OK, but I almost spit out my cereal.

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