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So I'm not the only one who thought that was an odd line?

• corysama 11y ago
  The neighborhoods in SF are very distinct. The Marina and the Mission are very different from each other. This makes the city as a whole diverse. Bikes of San Francisco: https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4084/5112789301_da50dca4bd_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4084/5112789301_da50dca4bd_b.j...
  • DonHopkins 11y ago
    I could never figure out why fixies were so popular with the SF hipsters in a city with such steep hills. Or how fixies make hipsters so hip, for that matter. In Amsterdam, where it's flat enough that one-speed bikes are practical, fixies are called "Oma Fiets" for "Granny Bikes". http://www.workcycles.com/home-products/handmade-city-bicycles/workcycles-omafiets-dutch-granny-bike http://www.workcycles.com/home-products/handmade-city-bicycl...
    • corysama 11y ago
      I don't bike in the city. But, what I've heard is that fixies are popular because they are so crappy and cheap that they aren't worth stealing. They are also easy to repair. As hipness goes, a big theme of hipsters is to work really hard at looking like you aren't trying and don't care. Throw on some second-hand-store clothes to ride up the hill on a crappy, completely inappropriate bike to a very expensive dive bar to overpay for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and a dirty well whisky because that's how much you don't care.