It isn't an accident.
The hipster folk have mismatched
parts and bikes because they build them
from what is left behind. What they find in
the alley, thrift shops and flea markets.
haul it up to the bike co-op and put it together.
Find a way to make it work.
It isn't an accident.
The fixie crowd isn't defying the norm,
they are writing a new chapter.
Besides piles of articles about the
fixie culture from mainstream sources.
And what is happening in my urban USA
where a vibrant and massive hipster bike
population lives and rides. Bike kids graduate
from fixie-hood to gears every single day.
I can't count the number of bike messengers
and hip kids that step up to an old Schwinn,
Moto, Peugeot, Nisiki, Trek with gears after
an ankle injury or when they want to take it to the next level.
Once you cut your teeth on steel... well I guess
I am preaching to the choir. There aren't
any rules for building a fixie, oh just one,
you need a bike.
And if it is steel, all the better to bend the frame
back into shape, you know
after laying it down dodging a cab,
car door, curb, pot hole.
It's no accident
Chris Plunkett
Checking the pulse of the streets here in lovely
Chicago Illinois
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>>This supposed appreciation of vintage steel is a simple accident.
>>There are a few "fixie" guys out there who give a crap about vintage,
>>but they are overwhelmingly the exception.
>>Enough grumpiness.